Conner Industries

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Conner Industries in BORGER, TEXAS
Employer Conner Industries Report ID 2021042877
Address 9455 FM 1559 City, State ZIP BORGER, TEXAS 79007
Event Date April 6, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Grates
Secondary Source Beams-unattached metal
Industry (NAICS) 236210 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 35.66000, -101.43000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving a metal grate when his finger was pinched between the grate and an I-beam, amputating his left middle fingertip.

Incident Summary

On April 6, 2021, a worker at Conner Industries in BORGER, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with grates identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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