Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wireco Worldgroup, Inc., 24150 Oak Grove Ln, SEDALIA, MISSOURI 65301
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was making an adjustment to a machine when his finger got caught in the machine. He sustained a partial amputation to the fifth finger on his left hand.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Machinery unspecified
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