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Arconic Fastening Systems and Rings

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Arconic Fastening Systems and Rings in WOODWAY, TEXAS
Employer Arconic Fastening Systems and Rings Report ID 20171010303
Address 8001 Imperial Dr. City, State ZIP WOODWAY, TEXAS 76712
Event Date October 26, 2017 Outcome 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 Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 423840 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.49000, -97.20000

Incident Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a header machine when his left-hand fingers entered a hole in the machine. The machine arm then fell on his left-hand fingers, amputating the index finger.

Incident Summary

On October 26, 2017, a worker at Arconic Fastening Systems and Rings in WOODWAY, 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 extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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