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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024087334 · 8/9/2024 · KWS Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

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
Contact incidents unspecified
Source
Parts and materials unspecified
Secondary source
Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name
KWS Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
Location
3041 Conveyor Drive, BURLESON, TEXAS, 76028
NAICS
333922
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning welding debris from a steel part that was in a fixture. The part moved, cut through the employee's cut-resistant glove, and amputated their right middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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