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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021065182 · 6/25/2021 · Reterra Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Reterra Corporation
Location
1503 Haden Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
NAICS
562920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing plastic from a float sink line machine when their right hand contacted the rotary valve, resulting in the amputations of their index, middle, and ring fingers down to the first knuckle. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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