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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022087686 · 8/29/2022 · Ameritex Pipe & Products
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- 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
- Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- Secondary source
- Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Employer
- Name
- Ameritex Pipe & Products
- Location
- 1750 Wall Street Road, GUNTER, TEXAS, 75058
- NAICS
- 327332
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was feeding a wire through a recoiler machine when his right glove was caught in the machine and his right index finger was amputated.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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