Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wastequip Manufacturing Company, LLC, 8521 FM 850 Charlotte, TYLER, TEXAS 75705
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a metal skid onto a skid flipper and the skid was not lined up with the center of the clamps. The employee went to move it into position with a rigging bar when the skid was pushed from the back. The employee's right index finger was caught between the skid and the clamp of the skid flipper and was partially amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Material handling and warehousing machinery n.e.c.
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