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Webber LLC

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation — Amputations involving bone loss — LAREDO, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Webber LLC in LAREDO, TEXAS
Employer Webber LLC Report ID 2025021197
Address 1499 Reuthinger Parkway City, State ZIP LAREDO, TEXAS 78045
Event Date February 6, 2025 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations involving bone loss Body Part Thumb(s) and finger(s)
Event Type Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation Source of Injury Drilling machines, drill apparatus
Secondary Source Secondary source not applicable
Industry (NAICS) 237310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 27.63000, -99.59000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using an auger to drill holes for surveying operations when his hand and arm became entangled in the auger. The employee sustained the amputation of his left thumb and his middle finger to the second joint as well as fractures to the hand and arm.

Incident Summary

On February 6, 2025, a worker at Webber LLC in LAREDO, TEXAS suffered amputations involving bone loss to the thumb(s) and finger(s). The incident was classified as caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation, with drilling machines, drill apparatus identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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