Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Reterra Corporation, 1503 Haden Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77015
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was removing plastic from a float sink line machine when their right hand contacted the rotary valve, resulting in the amputations of their index, middle, and ring fingers down to the first knuckle. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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