Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ATCO Products, Inc., 601 I-45 SOUTH, FERRIS, TEXAS 75125
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to bend a steel tube by loading it into a computer numerical control (CNC) bender's clamping jaws. Her right middle fingertip was caught in the clamping saws, resulting in an amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Bending, crimping machinery
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