Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Flexsteel, 1221 Transport Drive, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77523
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee had been monitoring the progression of pipe onto a reel. The employee was removing a section of chain that restrains an air plug (which is inserted into the flexible pipe as part of the process), when the chain became hung up on the rotating take-up reel. The employee was untangling the chain when they sustained an amputation to their right thumb tip.