Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hood Container Corporation, 6207 North Houston Rosslyn Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77092
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was setting up a machine when their left glove was pulled into a nip point. The employee's finger was pulled in and they sustained a partial amputation.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Printing machinery unspecified
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