Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PINOVA, (DE) INC., 2801 Cook St., BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA 31520
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was realigning a portable conveyor belt when the machine dropped and crushed their left index finger. The finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
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