Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Deployed Resources, LLC, 4375 Michael Avalon Street, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39209
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a hydraulic metal shear to process sheet metal when they lost balance, and their hands were caught in the hold-down bar. They sustained an amputation to the right distal index finger and the left distal index finger was degloved.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Shearing machinery
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