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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024010454 · 1/16/2024 · Lippert Components Manufacturing, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Bending, crimping machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Lippert Components Manufacturing, Inc.
Location
1600 S St. Mary's Street, BEEVILLE, TEXAS, 78102
NAICS
336390
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was bending a 46-inch piece of carbon steel tubing in a tubing bender when their left index finger was crushed by the die. The employee's finger was surgically amputated at the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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