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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024086996 · 8/1/2024 · METALPLATE GALVANIZING L.P.

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 or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Beams and rails metal
Secondary source
Conveyors roller, wheel

Employer

Name
METALPLATE GALVANIZING L.P.
Location
10625 NEEDHAM ST., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77013
NAICS
332812
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving solar beams (250-pound I-beams) from a stack using a specially designed tool to lower one beam at a time onto rollers. Once lowered onto rollers, the beam could then be navigated through the remainder of production. A beam was lowered onto his right-hand fingers and the employee sustained amputations of their distal middle and ring fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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