Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CNH Industrial America LLC, 3445 W. Stolley Park Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA 68803
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was lifting a pallet skid off a roller table when their little finger was crushed between the pallet skid and a stopper post, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Skids, pallets
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