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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024099112 · 9/30/2024 · Norman International Dallas

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
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name
Norman International Dallas
Location
1175 North Stemmons Freeway, LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, 75067
NAICS
337920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A temporary employee was helping to fix a machine while it was still activated. Another employee accidentally stepped on a pedal, which triggered a chain that lacerated three of the temporary employee's fingers. The employee's left middle finger was partially amputated from the base of fingernail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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