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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025010845 · 1/27/2025 · Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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 unspecified
Source
Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Exquisita Tortillas, Inc.
Location
700 W. Chapin, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78541
NAICS
311830
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting the mesh conveyor belt on the flour tortilla process line when their right ring finger was caught between the actuating piston and the conveyor frame. The fingertip was amputated and the employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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