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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2022119709 · 11/4/2022 · East Texas Lee Container, LLC

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 maintenance, cleaning
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
East Texas Lee Container, LLC
Location
1413 S. University, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75961
NAICS
424130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the tooling of a plastic molding machine. The molding machine closed on his left hand, resulting in the amputation of the left index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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