Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Interfor US Inc., 3442 LA-12, DEQUINCY, LOUISIANA 70633
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was installing a feed roller. The employee's left index finger was caught between the roller and a choker. The employee suffered an avulsion to the finger, and the fingertip was partially amputated at the hospital.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Log processing machinery
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