Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nashville Wire Products Manufacturing Company, LLC, 1955 McMillan St., AUBURN, ALABAMA 36832
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a resistance welder. The welder was activated while her finger was between its electrodes, resulting in a partial amputation to her fingertip.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Welding machinery
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