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Black Horse LLC

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Black Horse LLC in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Black Horse LLC Report ID 2018010229
Address 9950 West Gulf Bank road City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77040
Event Date January 8, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 333996 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.87000, -95.54000

Incident Narrative

An employee was aligning key-ways for an assembly of a bull gear with the crankshaft when his right pinky finger was caught between the bull gear teeth and the gear teeth on the end of the pinion. His fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On January 8, 2018, a worker at Black Horse LLC in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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