CONROE, TEXAS—
Siemens Energy, Inc
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Siemens Energy, Inc, 15034 Calhoun Rd., CONROE, TEXAS 77302 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was trying to enlarge the diameter of wooden rings on a transformer with a router when the router bit caught the employee's glove and partially amputated their right thumb.
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