Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC., 2378 ST RT 345NE, NEW LEXINGTON, OHIO 43764
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
On May 15, 2024, an employee was emptying a scrap hopper with a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when their left hand was caught between the scrap hopper and the PIV fork. They sustained an amputation of the ring fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, unspecified
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