TEX-TRUDE, INC.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
| Employer | TEX-TRUDE, INC. | Report ID | 2015063809 |
| Address | 2001 SHELDON RD. | City, State ZIP | CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS 77530 |
| Event Date | June 14, 2015 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Trash compactors |
| Industry (NAICS) | 326113 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 29.81000, -95.12000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was helping a coworker move material from reprocessing to the film department, which involved attaching a 4-inch hose to a hopper. Once the hose is hooked up, material flows through a filtering system in the hopper. There is a rotary valve at the bottom of the filter. The valve rotates and dumps waste into a container. The hopper was jammed or clogged up, so the employees tried to get it to work by cycling the power. The injured employee was going to feel around the rotary valve for the jam or clog when the rotary valve "sucked his hand up" into it and amputated the distal phalanx of the thumb.
Incident Summary
On June 14, 2015, a worker at TEX-TRUDE, INC. in CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with trash compactors identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
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