Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tiffin Motor Homes, 164 Industrial Drive, BELMONT, MISSISSIPPI 38827
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
A employee was inspecting a motor home when a line underneath the motor home was severed, resulting in the amputation of his fingertip.
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