Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HEB, LP, 4651 West Freeway, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76107
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting a lamb loin on the meat saw and amputated his right index finger at the first knuckle.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Butchering machinery
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