Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Arepet, 3603 Speedway Run, VON ORMY, TEXAS 78073
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was climbing up to a machine platform when his left hand came into contact with a conveyor pulley system. Three of his fingers were amputated. The pulley system was unguarded at the time.
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