AUSTIN, TEXAS—
Mason Road Sheet Metal, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was performing routine maintenance on a shear machine when the machine's foot pedal was engaged and the blade contacted his right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
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