Compressed between running equipment and other object(s) · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PRIER PRODUCTS, 4515 E 139TH ST, GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI 64030
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was replacing a rubber pad on the cylinder of a test station. Their right index finger was caught between a hydrant and a pneumatic cylinder of the test machine resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Other product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery
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