Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Universal Soil Drilling, 1617 San Jacinto St, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing a sampling tube from the soil extruder. During the extraction, the employee's left index and middle fingers were caught between the extruder and the tube resulting in partial amputations to both fingers.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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