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ACME Brick

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — ELGIN, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at ACME Brick in ELGIN, TEXAS
Employer ACME Brick Report ID 2015129427
Address 1776 Old McDade Road City, State ZIP ELGIN, TEXAS 78621
Event Date December 12, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 327331 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.32000, -97.29000

Incident Narrative

An employee suffered the amputation of the left index fingertip while troubleshooting a packaging machine.

Incident Summary

On December 12, 2015, a worker at ACME Brick in ELGIN, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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