KENTON, OHIO—
PRECISION STRIP INC.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at PRECISION STRIP INC., 190 BALES RD., KENTON, OHIO 43326 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On November 4, 2023, at 6:08 p.m., an employee was attempting to dump out scrap material from a hopper that was lifted off the ground by a forklift. As they went to unlatch the latches on the hopper, their left hand was crushed between the hopper and the forks of the forklift, resulting in an amputation of the middle finger.
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