Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TOR Texas LLC, 4825 Forest Hill Circle, FOREST HILL, TEXAS 76140
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a stacker machine when their left hand got caught between a pry bar and the frame of the stacker, resulting in an amputation of the middle finger and a closed fracture of the ring finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Stacking machinery
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