NEW BREMEN, OHIO—
CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, 44 S. WASHINGTON ST., NEW BREMEN, OHIO 45869 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On July 27, 2018, an employee was working from an elevated basket platform. The platform lowered and contacted the item she was working on. Her thumb was pinched between the basket and the item, resulting in a partial amputation.
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