Vitesco Technologies
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — SEGUIN, TEXAS
| Employer | Vitesco Technologies | Report ID | 2021032698 |
| Address | 3740 Austin St. | City, State ZIP | SEGUIN, TEXAS 78155 |
| Event Date | March 31, 2021 | Outcome | Hospitalized, 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 | Trash compactors |
| Industry (NAICS) | 336390 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 29.61000, -97.96000 | ||
Incident Narrative
A temporary employee had just transferred trash and recyclables into a metal trash bin and tried to push the bin into the arms of a trash compactor. The employee pushed the start button and held it down to raise the bin and empty the trash into the compactor, but when the compactor was at its furthest point, he noticed that trash was dangling down. He had reached into the bin to pull out the trash when the bin slid the rest of the way down the compactor arms and caught his fingers against the compactor. The last joints of his middle and index fingers were amputated.
Incident Summary
On March 31, 2021, a worker at Vitesco Technologies in SEGUIN, 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 trash compactors identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
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