Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Top of Texas Gin, 700 FM 809, HEREFORD, TEXAS 79045
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was un-chocking an incline cleaner with other employees. They finished working on the machine and started to climb down a ladder to the ground level. While passing another incline machine, the employee reached for a handrail. His hand then contacted the machine's running belt and his hand was dragged into the pulley. His left pinky finger's top joint was amputated just above the fingernail and his left ring finger between the fingertip and first joint was crushed.
AmputationFingertip(s)Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
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