Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Flexmaster, U.S.A., Inc., 4545 Pine Timbers Ste. 324, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77041
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was rolling a piece of metal in a rotary machine when their glove got caught on the corner of the piece and the machine partially amputated their left index finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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