Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC, 3041 Jackson Pike, GROVE CITY, OHIO 43123
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On 2/9/2015 at approximately 7:15 pm, an employee amputated the left middle finger (1st joint) with a belt and pulley on a wire bagging machine.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
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