Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Packless Industries, 8401 Imperial Dr., WACO, TEXAS 76712
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a machine. He reached to move a copper tube, and the tube pinched his left index finger against the wall. His finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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