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Best Fender Products, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Best Fender Products, Inc. in MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
Employer Best Fender Products, Inc. Report ID 2018010220
Address 2364 Texas Highway 49 City, State ZIP MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS 75455
Event Date January 8, 2018 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 Forging machinery
Industry (NAICS) 811112 Inspection # 1287308
GPS Coordinates 33.13000, -94.92000

Incident Narrative

An employee powered off a fender forging machine and engaged the pneumatic gauge die holder (cylinder). The cylinder then came up and amputated his finger.

Incident Summary

On January 8, 2018, a worker at Best Fender Products, Inc. in MOUNT PLEASANT, 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 forging machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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