SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA—
Neiman Enterprises, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Neiman Enterprises, Inc., 1510 West Oliver Street, SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA 57783 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was re-banding defective packaging of lumber product. As he cut the defective banding, the pack shifted and crushed his finger. The employee's left index finger was amputated just below the fingernail.
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