Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Simmons Animal Nutrition Inc., 10700 State Highway 43, SOUTH WEST CITY, MISSOURI 64863
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was assembling a bin drill. They were taking the bolt out of the drill shims and the machine came out of the neutral position and began to rotate. Their left index finger was caught between a bolt and the shaft of the machine. The employee sustained an amputation to their finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
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