Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc., 4349 Avery Drive, FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA 30542
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a coil winding machine when the distal tuft of their left middle finger was caught under wire, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Winders, unwinders
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