Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Waste Management of Kansas Inc, 4330 West 31st St, WICHITA, KANSAS 67216
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was trying to push trash off the sill of a hopper. The cart tipper was activated, and as it rose it pinched the employee's left hand against the sill. The employee's little fingertip was amputated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Nonclassifiable
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