Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78238
on , Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s) and finger(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a lathe machine to bore a pipe. The employee went to extract metal shavings inside of the pipe when his right hand got caught in a pinch point. He sustained broken bones in his right hand, severed tendons in the right middle and index fingers, and skin removal on the top of his right hand, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedHand(s) and finger(s)Metalworking lathes
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