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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS·

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Amputations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Space Exploration Technologies Corp., 1 Rocket Road, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS 78521 on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was holding the bottom of a metal stringer (about 25 feet long and 6 inches wide, made of thin-gauge stainless steel) while others were tack welding it to a tank wall. The tack welds gave way. The stringer dropped about 4 inches and pinched the employee's right index fingertip against the support tooling. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Parts and materials, unspecified

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