Friedman Industries Incorporated
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation — Fractures — LONE STAR, TEXAS
| Employer | Friedman Industries Incorporated | Report ID | 2025033005 |
| Address | 2631 Farm Market Rd. 250 | City, State ZIP | LONE STAR, TEXAS 75668 |
| Event Date | March 31, 2025 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures | Body Part | Arm(s) unspecified |
| Event Type | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Source of Injury | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Clamps, couplings | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 331210 | Inspection # | 1815410 |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.96000, -94.66000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was completing a bevel at the end of a steel pipe. The next piece of pipe to be beveled in the beveling machine was not lined up. The employee used his hand to stabilize the unaligned piece of pipe, when the pneumatic pipe clamp came down and crushed his right arm. The employee sustained fractures requiring surgery.
Incident Summary
On March 31, 2025, a worker at Friedman Industries Incorporated in LONE STAR, TEXAS suffered fractures to the arm(s) unspecified. The incident was classified as caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation, with metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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