KANSAS CITY, KANSAS—
Environmental Works Inc
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Environmental Works Inc, 7000 Douglas Ave., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS 66106 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was moving product inside a gondola railcar with a walk-behind skid loader. The employee's left thumb was crushed between the loader and the railcar wall; the employee was hospitalized, and the thumb was medically amputated.
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