PADUCAH, KENTUCKY—
C.J. MAHAN CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC
Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at C.J. MAHAN CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC, Lock and Dam 53, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 42001 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing face wire from a kevel on a barge when their finger became pinched between the face wire and the kevel, resulting in a fracture and removal of soft tissue from the left ring finger.
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