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Tenaris

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. — HOUSTON, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Tenaris in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Tenaris Report ID 2015052865
Address 302 McCarty Drive City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77029
Event Date May 14, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. Body Part Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Metalworking lathes
Secondary Source Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Industry (NAICS) 333132 Inspection # 1064099
GPS Coordinates 29.78000, -95.28000

Incident Narrative

A maintenance employee was working on a lathe in the machine shop. He needed to remove a rust spot on the shaft after beveling it. Wearing gloves, he began removing the rust by placing a small piece of sand paper over the area as the shaft turned on the lathe (polishing). The glove got caught in the rotating shaft, which pulled the employee into the machine and amputated his left pinky finger, broke his left arm, and stretched his wrist tendons. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Incident Summary

On May 14, 2015, a worker at Tenaris in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. to the hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with metalworking lathes identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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