SEWARD, NEBRASKA—
NEBRASKA MACHINERY CO.
Exposure to environmental cold · Frostbite
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at NEBRASKA MACHINERY CO., 2484 McKelrie Rd, SEWARD, NEBRASKA 68434 on — Frostbite, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working outdoors on some equipment/machines when he suffered frostbite to eight fingers.
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA—
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An employee was helping another employee lower a walk-behind pallet jack that had been stood up on it's back end. The employee's right hand had a hold of the forks and his right index finger got stuck in the wheel well as it was lowered to the ground. The finger was smashed and the tip was amputated at the hospital.
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