Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION, 3101 HOLMES RD., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77051
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was feeding a 25-foot pipe into an inbound punch straightener. The employee was positioning the pipe with a cheater bar with his right hand on the cheater bar and his left hand on the railing of the punch straightener. The pipe contacted the employee's left thumb on the railing, resulting in a partial amputation.