Mineral Wells, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: CANTEX INC.-Specialty Facility
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at CANTEX INC.-Specialty Facility in 2101 SE 1st St., Mineral Wells, TX 76067 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician in PVC pipe manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- CANTEX INC.-Specialty Facility
- Parent company
- CANTEX
- Street
- 2101 SE 1st St.
- City
- Mineral Wells
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 76067
- On-site location
- Maintenance Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 84
- Days restricted or transferred
- 29
Before the incident
Employee was cutting a weld off of a flat piece of metal using a grinder.
What happened
As he was grinding the grinder blade caught a piece of his fabric glove causing it to first make contact with his left thumb and become entangled in the glove causing the grinder to then skip over the top of his fingers on his left hand also making contact with those.
Injury or illness
Laceration
Object or substance involved
Grinding wheel
Summary line
Laceration to left thumb due to struck by grinder.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326122: PVC pipe manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 166
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 345,280
- EIN
- 133645159
- Establishment ID
- 1089034
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 14:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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