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Amputations
1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023021635 · 2/21/2023 · Discount Tire
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Fingertip(s)
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Discount Tire
- Location
- 1330 North U.S. Highway 377, ROANOKE, TEXAS, 76262
- NAICS
- 441320
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a robo-arm to change a tire when the robo-arm pinched and amputated his right ring fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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