Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Caterpillar, Inc., 4633 Perrin Creek, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78217
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
A maintenance technician was measuring the width on a metal compressor's stroke length when their finger was pinched in the machine. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to their finger.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
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