Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WESCO Distribution Inc., 208 Williams Ave, ODESSA, TEXAS 79763
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On or about April 9, 2015, at approximately 1300 hrs. an employee suffered the amputation of the distal phalanges on the right hand pinkie finger. The employee was attempting to load a bundle of angle iron onto a vehicle when the load shifted in his hands and pinned his right hand to the structure of the vehicle.
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