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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
1 amputation · 2024087977 · 8/28/2024 · Ecorec Rio Grande Valley, Inc.
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
- Shearing machinery
- Secondary source
- Secondary source not applicable
Employer
- Name
- Ecorec Rio Grande Valley, Inc.
- Location
- 510 W. Monte Cristo Rd, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78540
- NAICS
- 331492
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a hydraulic shear machine to cut a copper pipe and partially amputated their right ring finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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