Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Miller Pipeline LLC, 11905 NW Chipman Rd, LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI 64081
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was turning a pipe with a pipe wrench when the wrench slipped, pinching the employee's left index finger between the wrench and pipe resulting in amputation at the first joint.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Wrenches-power not determined
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