Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rouses Enterprises, LLC, 1410 St. Charles Street, HOUMA, LOUISIANA 70360
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting meat with a band saw when their right middle finger contacted the blade resulting in a partial amputation.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Butchering machinery
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