Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Estwing Manufacturing Company, 2647 8th St. , ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61109
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was attempting to push a steel cart underneath a steel table and caught a finger between the table and the cart resulting in amputation of the upper part of his right ring finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedCart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
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