FULTON, MISSISSIPPI·
Mueller Copper Tube
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Mueller Copper Tube, 400 Mueller Road, FULTON, MISSISSIPPI 38843 on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a pointer, which reduces the end of copper tubing and allows it to go through a smaller die set to reduce its diameter. It requires two plugs to be set in place to be inserted in the tubing before it can be reduced or pointed. When the machine cycled, the tip of the employee's left thumb was caught by the machine's entry point, severing the tip of the thumb. A partial amputation, which included a small section of bone, was required to repair the injury.
More severe injuries at Mueller Copper Tube
View Mueller Copper Tube's full OSHA safety record →
Similar incidents · Same event type
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 331420)
More severe injuries in MISSISSIPPI