GALENA PARK, TEXAS—
Platinum Stevedoring, Inc.
Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle · Amputations
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Platinum Stevedoring, Inc., 1606 Clinton Dr., GALENA PARK, TEXAS 77547 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
Five employees were hooking up a bundle of pipe in a hatch in a marine vessel. One employee's gloved left hand was on the safety lifting strap and lifting hook of an overhead crane; it became entangled as the load was being lifted. His left index and middle fingers were amputated.
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