Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Tissue Converting LLC, 1521 Greens Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77032
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was threading paper through a roller. As he tried to remove a piece of paper, the roll caught his hand and pulled it into the machine. His right ring finger was amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Paper production machinery, unspecified
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