Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NCL Graphic Specialties, Inc., N29 W22960 Marjean Lane, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN 53186
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using the manually operated (non-powered) plate bender to bend a plate when a part of the plate bender that he was holding (~20 inches long) slipped out of his hand and fell onto his left index finger causing a fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
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