Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Victaulic Company of America, 1351 S. John Ben Shepperd Parkway., ODESSA, TEXAS 79764
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was running a test pipe for 12 feet and went to pull the pipe out of a roll grooving tool. As he was doing this, the tool's control pedal actuated, causing the tool to rotate. The employee's glove became caught and was pulled into the rollset, amputating about half an inch of his index finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery n.e.c.
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