Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cardinal Scale Manfacturing, 203 E Dargherty, WEBB CITY, MISSOURI 64870
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a band saw to cut an I-beam when his left index finger was caught under the I-beam and roller, resulting in a partial amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedBeams-unattached metal
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