Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JCB INC, 2000 BAMFORD BLVD, POOLER, GEORGIA 31322
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was assembling a boom/dipper for a backhoe when the bucket ram was lowered and partially amputated his right pinky finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedVehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
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