Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JF Acquisition LLC dba JF Petroleum Group, 9450 Black Hawk Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77045
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was installing an under-dispenser containment sump when their left middle finger got caught between the sump and a bracket, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Machinery, unspecified
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