CONROE, TEXAS—
Epcon Industrial Systems, L.P.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Epcon Industrial Systems, L.P., 17777 I-45 South, CONROE, TEXAS 77385 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
The injured employee was directing a forklift driver to lower a steel unit onto steel blocks. The injured employee was adjusting the blocks when the unit came down on his left hand, amputating the index finger at the nailbed.
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