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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021097658 · 9/7/2021 · Load Trail

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 during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Load Trail
Location
200 Heritage Parkway, SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, 75482
NAICS
336212
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was investigating a possible malfunction in a vacuum cleaner system for removing powder paint from paint booths. While his right hand was in the discharge outlet of a rotary airlock valve on a dust collector, the blade inside the valve caught his glove and pulled his hand further in. He suffered partial amputations to two fingers, losing half of each one.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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