Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at TOR Texas LLC
Start: 3/12/2024

1 amputation · 2024032218 · 3/12/2024 · TOR Texas LLC

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: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Stacking machinery
Secondary source: Crowbars

Employer

Name: TOR Texas LLC
Location: 4825 Forest Hill Circle, FOREST HILL, TEXAS, 76140
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a stacker machine when their left hand got caught between a pry bar and the frame of the stacker, resulting in an amputation of the middle finger and a closed fracture of the ring finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown