Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oldcastle Infrastructure, 3000 New McEver Road NW, ACWORTH, GEORGIA 30101
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to deposit concrete mix into a cement mixer when the dispensary gate came down onto his right-hand fingers, catching and amputating his middle fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
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