Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Evans Army Community Hospital, 1650 Cochrane Circle, FORT CARSON, COLORADO 80913
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was slicing a zucchini on a floor mixer with a slicer attachment when the zucchini became lodged in the slicer. The employee was attempting to dislodge it when the top portion of the employee's left ring finger was caught in the slicer, resulting in a partial finger amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
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