Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions, 3333 Holly Hall St, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77021
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was trying to dislodge fragments of glass from the conveyor of an insulated glass machine. The machine caught his left glove, causing the amputation of a fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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