Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., 2328 Point Mallard Drive, DECATUR, ALABAMA 35601
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting the gap on the shredder/grinder machine blades using a tool to manually rotate the blades when their fingers became pinched in the blades. The employee sustained amputations to the first digit of three fingers on their left hand.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Trash compactors, shredders
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