Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PRESTRESSED CASTING COMPANY, 1600 S. SCENIC AVE., SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65807
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was exiting a patching truck while holding onto a ladder rack. The employee's ring became caught in the rack, resulting in an avulsion or degloving injury to the ring finger.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
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