CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
Michels Corporation
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Michels Corporation, Clark and Addison, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was installing a pin while changing out a bell bucket on a drill rig when the employee's right pinky finger was crushed and amputated.
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