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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 20241211878 · 12/26/2024 · ACME Brick Company

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
Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
ACME Brick Company
Location
220 Daniels St, DENTON, TEXAS, 76205
NAICS
327121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was packaging brick. A brick broke from the bundle and became lodged between the conveyor rollers. The employee was removing the brick when the bundle of brick shifted forward, catching his left index finger between the bundle and the conveyor roller and resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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