Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trojan Battery Company, LLC, 5174 Minola Drive, LITHONIA, GEORGIA 30038
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was placing material on an upright conveyor. The conveyor chain caught his glove, and his middle and ring fingertips were amputated.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Conveyors unspecified
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