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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024076036 · 7/5/2024 · Augment Human Resource Services

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Garbage trucks
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Augment Human Resource Services
Location
736 Post Oak Rd., LUFKIN, TEXAS, 75904
NAICS
561311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading trash into the back of a sanitation truck when the contents of a box started to fall out. While putting the contents back in the box, the compactor blade crushed his right index, middle, and ring fingers. The employee sustained a partial amputation of their right index finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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