DESHLER, OHIO—
Enviroscape ECM
Entangled in other object or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Enviroscape ECM, 300 South Chestnut, DESHLER, OHIO 43516 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was opening straw bales and loading them into a conveyor. As he was trying to cut the string off a bale, the string snagged and cut his left middle finger, causing a laceration that led to an amputation.
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