Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LDM Logging, LLC., County Road 19, SECTION, ALABAMA 35771
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unhooking chains that held a de-limber in place on a transport vehicle. The de-limber moved and pinched his right ring finger against a chain, causing an amputation at the first joint.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedLogging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
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