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Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

1 hospitalization · 2025088124 · 8/15/2025 · Westlake Pipe & Fittings

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source
Machine guards

Employer

Name
Westlake Pipe & Fittings
Location
401 Industrial Park Rd, BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38829
NAICS
325110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were setting up an 8-inch sewer PVC pipe line. An employee was removing/rolling a scrap PVC pipe off the conveyor when their little fingertip was crushed between the end of the PVC pipe and the post for the overhead bus stop guard (fixed guard). The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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