Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Make Ready Mobiles, 309 N. 14th Street, OKEMAH, OKLAHOMA 74859
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was guiding a mobile office unit to the correct location when the employee's left index finger was pinched and smashed between a cement curb and the unit, resulting in an amputation from mid-joint.
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