Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Williamson Roofing, L.P., 5 Pfeiffer Rd., BOERNE, TEXAS 78006
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a drip edge machine when his hand got caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of the middle and ring fingers. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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