Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Martin Midstream Partners L.P., 100 Old Boston Road, NASH, TEXAS 75569
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a homogenizer to make emulsified sulfur when the employee's finger was caught between the plunger and cooling line, lacerating the fingertip and requiring sutures.
HospitalizedFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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