Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trimac Transportation Inc., 35072 East Highway 30, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA 70734
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was testing a hydraulic valve on a truck. While he was trying to remove a piece of plastic from the valve, the valve closed on his left middle finger, causing an amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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