Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Federal Bureau of Prisons, 110 Raby Ave, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 32516
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a table saw and cut the three middle fingers on his left hand. He suffered a partial amputation to the ring finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Stationary saws table
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