FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS·
BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, 3551 Roger Brooke Dr., FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS 78234 on , Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Watch Brooke Army Medical Center for free
Get an email when a new federal OSHA severe-injury report for Brooke Army Medical Center is published. One employer, no account, unsubscribe in one click.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting a histology block with a microtome. The microtome amputated the tip of the employee's thumb, halfway through the nailbed. There was no damage to bone.
Similar incidents · Same event type
Nov 30, 2025
Novipax · EL PASO, TEXAS
Nov 28, 2025
Twin Enviro Services - Trinidad · TRINIDAD, COLORADO
Nov 27, 2025
Peco Foods, Inc · BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
Nov 26, 2025
Coilplus, Inc. · ATHENS, ALABAMA
Nov 26, 2025
Interpak Inc · MENTOR, OHIO
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 622110)
Nov 28, 2025
Lehigh Valley Health Network · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 24, 2025
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital · WINFIELD, ILLINOIS
Nov 22, 2025
Barnes Jewish Hospital · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
Nov 21, 2025
CommonSpirit St. Catherine Hospital - Dodge City · DODGE CITY, KANSAS
Nov 20, 2025
Illinois Bone and Joint Institute - Des Plaines · BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS
More severe injuries in TEXAS