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American Textile Company, Incorporated

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at American Textile Company, Incorporated in DALLAS, TEXAS
Employer American Textile Company, Incorporated Report ID 2020099029
Address 32777 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway City, State ZIP DALLAS, TEXAS 75241
Event Date September 23, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 314129 Inspection # 1495399
GPS Coordinates 32.65000, -96.73000

Incident Narrative

An employee was clearing a clog in fiber processing equipment when his hand came in contact with a moving part, injuring his fingers and resulting in an amputation.

Incident Summary

On September 23, 2020, a worker at American Textile Company, Incorporated in DALLAS, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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