Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bridgestone Retail Operations, 5450 Overton Ridge Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76132
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a machine to change a tire when his thumb got caught in the machine as it mechanically lowered to break the tire bead from the rim. The employee suffered an amputation of the tip of his left them.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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