Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Clean Control Corporation - Stephenville Plant
Start: 2/27/2025

1 amputation · 2025021897 · 2/27/2025 · Clean Control Corporation - Stephenville Plant

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: Clean Control Corporation - Stephenville Plant
Location: 840 East South Loop, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, 76401
NAICS: 325611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A line leader was crouched down observing the chain and sprocket on a carpet filling machine for maintenance or repair when another employee got his right index finger caught between the chain and sprocket. Skin and the fingernail were removed and the employee required surgical amputation of the fingertip to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown