Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DRiV Automotive, 1601 Hwy 49B , PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS 72450
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was sitting in chair at a push position location. She got out of the chair and stumbled. She reached for something and her left pinky finger was amputated.
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