CONVENT, LOUISIANA—
TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, LLC
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, LLC, 10700 LA 44, CONVENT, LOUISIANA 70723 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a pneumatic torque wrench when the locking mechanism pinched his right ring finger. Part of his finger had to be surgically amputated.
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