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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024043107 · 4/9/2024 · Space Exploration Technologies

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Cabinets, cases, dressers
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Space Exploration Technologies
Location
1 Rocket Road, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
NAICS
927110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was closing the doors to an industrial storage cabinet when their right index fingertip was pinched in the attached cabinet-locking mechanism, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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