Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at National Exchange Bank & Trust, Inc., 346 N Main Street, FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN 54935
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a riding lawn mower with a vacuum attachment. The employee noticed a loose sticker on the blower housing. As he pushed it back into place, his right middle finger pushed through it and into the moving parts inside the blower housing. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Lawn mower riding
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