Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BKD Consulting, LLC, SDC 41-WV, NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA 26155
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's hands were caught in a centrifuge causing injury to the left index and middle fingers and the right ring finger.
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