ELLISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI—
HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC., 1520 HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH, ELLISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 39437 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was repositioning a unit on a skid with a crane when his finger was caught between two units (transformers) causing a partial amputation to his right pinky finger.
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