HOUSTON, TEXAS·
Harper Brothers Construction, LLC
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Harper Brothers Construction, LLC, 16301 Sam Houston Parkway and 249 S, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77064 on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was positioning a 3-foot reinforced steel pipe in a pond. The pipe had been lifted with an excavator using a cable hook to hold a chain. The chain was wrapped around the pipe in a choker position. While the employee's right hand was on the pipe, about 6 inches from the chain, the excavator moved forward and the chain caught his hand. His thumb was amputated.
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