Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PIPING TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTS, INC., 3701 HOLMES RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77051
on — Fractures , affecting the Wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a lathe in a machine shop. The rotating head of the lathe caught the employee's left glove, resulting in a compound open fracture to the left wrist and a laceration to left ear.
Hospitalized Wrist(s) Lathes
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