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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024098697 · 9/18/2024 · Blue Origin Texas LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thumb(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c.
Source
Sanding machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Blue Origin Texas LLC.
Location
35961 State Highway 54, VAN HORN, TEXAS, 79855
NAICS
336414
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was deburring a metal piece using a disc sander when their right thumb contacted the sanding surface, resulting in a partial traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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