CHEROKEE, ALABAMA—
Navistar, Inc.
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Navistar, Inc., 1200 Haley Drive, CHEROKEE, ALABAMA 35616 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
The injured employee was pressing down a rail car pusher arm with a crow bar when another employee moved the rail car forward and crushed the injured employee's left index finger resulting in a partial amputation between the distal and middle joints.
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