Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Leggett and Platt, 1225 East Central Avenue, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI 64836
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a wire drawing machine when their glove was caught and drawn into the machine. The employee sustained partial amputations to their left ring and middle fingers.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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