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Lattimore Materials

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Lattimore Materials in TOMBALL, TEXAS
Employer Lattimore Materials Report ID 2019066457
Address 11411 Spring Cypress City, State ZIP TOMBALL, TEXAS 77377
Event Date June 26, 2019 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 Conveyors-belt
Industry (NAICS) 32739 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.01000, -95.59000

Incident Narrative

A maintenance employee was removing a conveyor belt. The employee performed lockout/tagout and removed the guard from the V belts and pulley on the side of the head pulley. The employee then began to manually move the V belts over the pulley. His left pinky and ring finger were caught between the V belt and pulley resulting in amputation of the top 1/4 of the employee's left pinky finger.

Incident Summary

On June 26, 2019, a worker at Lattimore Materials in TOMBALL, 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 conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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