Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stoughton Trailers, LLC, 1111 Veterans Road, STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN 53589
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
Two employees were installing skirts on the side of a trailer. The injured employee's left glove was caught by the rotating drill bit that another employee was operating, resulting in a partial amputation to their left little fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Drills, braces, drivers
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