Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gulf Coast Oil & Gas Industrial, 1204 Hays Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77009
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was working with a CNC machine. They went to adjust a piece of metal in a vise when the machine cycled and partially amputated one of their fingers.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
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