Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Saint-Gobain Abrasives, 200 Fullerton Ave, CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS 60188
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was sharpening a tool on a bench grinder when the tool slipped and he injured his left index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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