Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schlumberger Technology Corporation, 5061 141T Lane NW, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA 58801
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a bench grinder to clean up 2-inch sub assemblies when his right index fingertip was caught between the grinder and the workpiece, resulting in a fingertip amputation at the knuckle.
AmputationFingertip(s)Grinders, abraders
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