Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rohr-Grove Motors, Inc. dba Arlington Nissan, 1100 W Dundee Rd., ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 60004
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was aligning a bolt hole to reinstall a control arm on a car. A post jack slipped and cut his left index fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.
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