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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024054465 · 5/21/2024 · Rigid Global Buildings 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
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Welding machinery
Secondary source
Clamps, couplings

Employer

Name
Rigid Global Buildings LLC
Location
18933 Aldine Westfield, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
NAICS
332311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a flange line machine and pushing a flange aside using the material holder vises when the holders came down and pinched his right index finger between the holder and the material. He sustained an amputation of the finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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