CAMBRIDGE, OHIO—
Shelly and Sands
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Shelly and Sands, I-70 & State Route 265, CAMBRIDGE, OHIO 43725 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was measuring plywood with a coworker when the coworker stepped on the plywood. The injured employee's finger got caught between two sheets of plywood and the left ring fingertip was snipped off. The employee required surgical amputation down to the first joint.
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