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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025043556 · 4/16/2025 · Tyler Pipe 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
Sandblasting machinery
Secondary source
Augers except conveyor

Employer

Name
Tyler Pipe Company
Location
11910 County Road 492, TYLER, TEXAS, 75703
NAICS
331511
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was shot blasting cast iron fittings. He was unjamming the blast machine and when the auger was freed it amputated his right middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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