HARTSELLE, ALABAMA—
Cerro Wire, LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Cerro Wire, LLC, 1099 Thompson Rd, SE, HARTSELLE, ALABAMA 35640 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was placing wire on a sheave with his gloved left hand. His glove was pulled between the tension belt and the sheave, causing his left thumb to be cut to the bone. The employee was hospitalized.
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