Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Byerly RV, 295 East 5th Street, EUREKA, MISSOURI 63025
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a brush to apply lubrication to a tire machine while changing a tire. When the tire began to spin their right index fingertip contacted the machine's duckhead mount, resulting in a partial amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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