Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jackson Hop, 27240 Peckham Road, WILDER, IDAHO 83676
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a sickle to clean vines and leaves from a conveyor. The sickle was caught by the machine and the tool struck the employee s hand, pushing it toward a sharp edge on the structure. Two fingers on his right hand were partially amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHarvesting and threshing machinery, n.e.c.
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