Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at A-Line TDS, Inc., 1500 N. Main St., TONKAWA, OKLAHOMA 74653
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee's right hand was injured by rotors inside a control panel. The employee suffered an amputation to the end of the middle finger as well as deep lacerations to the end of the index finger, the right thumb, and the right palm from the pinky finger to the thumb.
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