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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024087910 · 8/26/2024 · Dallas Plastics, LLC

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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Industrial printing machinery
Secondary source
Cleaning handtools n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Dallas Plastics, LLC
Location
900 Jordan Valley Road, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
NAICS
326111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a printing press with a rag. The press's rollers caught the rag and pulled in his right hand, crushing two fingers and amputating the tip of his thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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