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Utex Industries, Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — ELMENDORF, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Utex Industries, Inc. in ELMENDORF, TEXAS
Employer Utex Industries, Inc. Report ID 2022020952
Address 19945 Eagle Ford Way City, State ZIP ELMENDORF, TEXAS 78112
Event Date February 1, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 339991 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.22000, -98.41000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working in a test bay disassembling an iron spool when the spool shifted and his left little finger got caught between flanges, resulting in a degloved finger that had to be partially amputated.

Incident Summary

On February 1, 2022, a worker at Utex Industries, Inc. in ELMENDORF, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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