Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Perryman Company, 213 Vandale Drive, HOUSTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15342
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was putting a chain on a barrel when their right index finger was caught between the chain and barrel, resulting in a partial amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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