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Tejas Industries, Inc.

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — HEREFORD, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Tejas Industries, Inc. in HEREFORD, TEXAS
Employer Tejas Industries, Inc. Report ID 2017076178
Address 3275 Tierra Blanca City, State ZIP HEREFORD, TEXAS 79045
Event Date July 6, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311111 Inspection # 1246335
GPS Coordinates 34.76000, -102.45000

Incident Narrative

An employee was picking up cans beneath a machine at about 1:45 a.m. when the employee's left hand came in contact with a gear chain, amputating the left middle fingertip to the first knuckle.

Incident Summary

On July 6, 2017, a worker at Tejas Industries, Inc. in HEREFORD, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 1,049 severe injury reports involving "Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified injuries.

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