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Clifton Moulding Corporation

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

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Clifton Moulding Corporation in CLIFTON, TEXAS
Employer Clifton Moulding Corporation Report ID 2021109074
Address 100 S. Avenue B City, State ZIP CLIFTON, TEXAS 76634
Event Date October 21, 2021 Outcome 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 Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 321918 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.78000, -97.57000

Incident Narrative

An employee was feeding boards into a moulder when the machine jammed. As the employee went to remove the jammed board, the moulder head contacted his left ring and little fingers, resulting in fractures. The left ring finger was subsequently amputated at the knuckle closest to the palm of his hand.

Incident Summary

On October 21, 2021, a worker at Clifton Moulding Corporation in CLIFTON, 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 boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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