Compressed between running equipment and other object(s) · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ABB, INC, 3560 SCARLET OAK BLVD., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63122
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a stamping die and lowering the stripper plate back onto the die using a pendant on a hoist. The employee sustained a left hand fingertip amputation.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Hoists, lifts overhead, cable
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