Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dayton Superior Corporation, 1372 Jesse Cronic Road, BRASELTON, GEORGIA 30517
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a bar support machine. The employee's left hand was caught and crushed in the bending area of the machine. Four fingers were amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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