ALVIN, TEXAS—
RK Resources, LP
Entangled in other object or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at RK Resources, LP, 1101 East Hwy 6, ALVIN, TEXAS 77512 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was overseeing as a wire was being run through a machine when the wire became jammed. As he tried to help unjam it, the wire caught his left hand and amputated his upper left thumb.
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