Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UNITED FORMING, INC., 811 Peachtree St. NE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30309
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was performing remedial work on concrete when a 5-foot long 2x4 board amputated their left index finger.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
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