Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Conway Manufacturing Group, Inc., 192 Commerce Road, CONWAY, ARKANSAS 72032
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was bending metal with machinery. As they retrieved the bent metal from the machine, the machine was activated. Their left thumb was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation above the knuckle.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Bending, crimping machinery
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