Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Honing, Inc. , 5602 Arapahoe St. , HOUSTON, TEXAS 77020
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was taking a piece of cut material off a hydraulic vise machine and asked a second employee to help. The second employee accidentally pushed the wrong button and activated the machine. The injured employee's hand was crushed between points of contact on the hydraulic vise, resulting in a partial amputation of the left ring finger and a crushed middle finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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