Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tek-Fins, Inc., 8500 New Sapulpa Rd., TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74131
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee used a crane to move a steel bundle onto the roller of a saw. After the bundle was on the roller, the crane was unhooked and moved away. The employee then moved the 15-foot-long L-shaped steel piece from the bundle and straightened it out on the roller to get ready to cut. While doing so, his right ring finger was pinched between the piece of steel and the roller, requiring surgical amputation of the fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Stationary sawing machinery stationary n.e.c.
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