Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H-E-B Distribution Center, 4625 Windfern Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77041
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a vacuum hose to clean resin residue out of a hopper. Three of his right hand fingers contacted the blades of the moving rotary lock, resulting in fingertip amputations.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Machinery unspecified
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