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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022086815 · 8/3/2022 · Bray Controls, Houston

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source
Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name
Bray Controls, Houston
Location
13333 Westland E Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
NAICS
332911
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On August 3, 2022, an employee was calibrating a butterfly valve with a pneumatic actuator, using an air tool mechanism to cycle the valve. (Cycling the valve means using air to power an actuator that opens and closes the valve disk.) When the employee engaged the air to cycle the valve, the closing disk caught the employee's right ring finger, causing a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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