Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Norman International Dallas, 1175 North Stemmons Freeway, LEWISVILLE, TEXAS 75067
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
A temporary employee was helping to fix a machine while it was still activated. Another employee accidentally stepped on a pedal, which triggered a chain that lacerated three of the temporary employee's fingers. The employee's left middle finger was partially amputated from the base of fingernail.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
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