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AUTOMATIC PROPANE GAS AND SUPPLY, LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — LINDALE, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at AUTOMATIC PROPANE GAS AND SUPPLY, LLC in LINDALE, TEXAS
Employer AUTOMATIC PROPANE GAS AND SUPPLY, LLC Report ID 2015075183
Address 22500 FM 1995 City, State ZIP LINDALE, TEXAS 75771
Event Date July 29, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Ladders, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 423830 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.49000, -95.57000

Incident Narrative

An employee was holding a ladder for another employee to access the top of a bulk propane tank. When the employee was in motion to step off of the ladder and onto the tank, the ladder slipped and amputated the employee's right hand thumb.

Incident Summary

On July 29, 2015, a worker at AUTOMATIC PROPANE GAS AND SUPPLY, LLC in LINDALE, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with ladders, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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