J-B Weld Company, LLC
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS
| Employer | J-B Weld Company, LLC | Report ID | 2025076900 |
| Address | 400 CMH Road | City, State ZIP | SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS 75482 |
| Event Date | July 16, 2025 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery |
| Secondary Source | Secondary source not applicable | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 339999 | Inspection # | 1840639 |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.12000, -95.65000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was filling a blister feed on a machine and aligning a plate when her left middle finger got caught between the machine and the plate. The machine started and the blister feed came up and crushed her finger, resulting in hospitalization and a surgical fingertip amputation.
Incident Summary
On July 16, 2025, a worker at J-B Weld Company, LLC in SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
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