Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Expanded Solutions, LLC, 300 N. Wewoka Avenue, WEWOKA, OKLAHOMA 74884
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Hand(s) and finger(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a "structure leveler" machine with rollers that flattens expanded metal when their glove became caught in the expanded metal and their hand was pulled into the point of operation. The employee sustained a right hand amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.
Amputation Hand(s) and finger(s) Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery unspecified
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