Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pay and Save Inc., 1804 Hall Ave, LITTLEFIELD, TEXAS 79339
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a meat saw to cut beef shanks when his right hand slipped and the saw contacted his right thumb and index finger. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation of the distal phalanx.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Butchering machinery
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