Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at James Hardie Building Products Inc., 820 Sparks Dr, CLEBURNE, TEXAS 76031
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing out a motor. While it was being removed, the motor shifted and pinched fingertips on the employee's left hand. The employee suffered partial amputations to the last joints of the ring and middle fingers.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMotors other than vehicle
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