Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Name: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
Start: 8/28/2025

1 amputation · 2025088633 · 8/28/2025 · BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Medical, dental, and surgical instruments and equipment n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
Location: 3551 Roger Brooke Dr., FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS, 78234
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a histology block with a microtome. The microtome amputated the tip of the employee's thumb, halfway through the nailbed. There was no damage to bone.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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