Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Service Wire Company, 310 Davis Road, CULLODEN, WEST VIRGINIA 25510
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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