Fall on same level and catch oneself · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Price Gregory International, Pipeline ROW Sabine Parish, MANY, LOUISIANA 71449
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was walking in a saturated area and was sinking. While balancing himself, his right ring finger was caught in a pinch point on the pipelayer. The employee sustained an amputation to the middle and distal phalanges of the right ring finger (above the middle knuckle).
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Ground irregularity
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