Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Galindo & Boyd Houston, LLC, 2315 Navigation Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77003
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was fixing a shifting load that was being hoisted on a cable elevator when his gloved hand got caught in the wire rope, amputating his right little fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Hoists, lifts overhead, cable
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