Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pepsico, Albertsons, BELGRADE, MONTANA 59714
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading a lift gate under the bumper of a truck. The employee's left hand was caught between the gate and the truck body, and the employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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