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Amputations
1 amputation · 2022010528 · 1/18/2022 · Weldfit 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 during regular operation
- Source
- Metalworking lathes
- Secondary source
- Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Employer
- Name
- Weldfit Corporation
- Location
- 4133 Southerland Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77092
- NAICS
- 333249
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using emery to polish a shaft on a manual lathe when his work glove was caught in the shaft. His right middle finger was amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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