Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Livestock Nutrition Center LLC, 507 East Nelson Street, QUANAH, TEXAS 79252
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was investigating an air cyclone that was producing smoke when his fingers became caught in the machinery, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Machinery unspecified
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