Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Metro Builders Supply & Service, Inc., 5313 S. Mingo Road, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74146
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was closing the liftgate to a box truck when their finger was caught in the clamp/gear as it was folding up. The employee pulled his finger out and the left index fingertip was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Straight trucks, box trucks
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