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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

PASADENA, TEXAS—

Haldor Topsoe, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Haldor Topsoe, Inc. , 10010 Bayport Rd. , PASADENA, TEXAS 77507 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

Final narrative

An employee was adjusting a corrugation machine's stacking section when he used a box-end wrench to loosen the bolts that hold the internal plate down. The machine then cycled, pinching his finger between the bracket (movable part) and frame (fixed part). He suffered a trans-phalangeal amputation of the right index finger. The machine was in auto mode at the time of the incident.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Paper production machinery, n.e.c.

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