Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wind Turbine and Energy Cables Corp., 711 Hurst Blvd, HURST, TEXAS 76054
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was breaking down beams on a production line. A steel beam crushed one of the employee's fingers, resulting in an amputation.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedBeams-unattached metal
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