WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA—
Blattner Energy, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Blattner Energy, Inc., 913 Crown Ridge II, WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA 57201 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP) tester when his left ring fingertip got caught between the weight and the top of the tool. The fingertip was crushed.
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