Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at IEA Constructors, LLC, 7944 Trotman Road, LUMPKIN, GEORGIA 31815
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was feeding hay into a mulch grinder when his left hand became entangled in the bailing twine resulting in a fracture and amputation to the tip of his middle finger.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Chippers
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