Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Medline Industries, Inc., 1500 Medline Place, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA 30253
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on a conveyor belt when their left hand became stuck in a roller of the conveyor belt. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the middle finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Conveyors belt, slot, chain
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