Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Henkels & McCoy Group, Inc., Structure 266, PEKIN, ILLINOIS 61554
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
At 5:45 p.m. on July 19, 2019, an employee was using a jib on a bucket truck. He had his left hand on the winch line to help with the slack; when he turned, his left little finger was drawn into the pinch point created by the winch line and spool. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation of the left little finger, as well as a fracture to the little finger and ring finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedBoom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
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