Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Martin Marietta, Rebcon, SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS 76092
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a rotating drum when his hand was caught in a pinch point between the drum and the hopper resulting in a partial amputation of the right ring finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Agitators, mixers earth, mineral
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