Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at METAL CONTAINER CORPORATION, 42 TENBROOK INDUSTRIAL PARK, ARNOLD, MISSOURI 63010
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was checking a conveyor belt chain when his right index finger came into contact with the moving chain. He suffered a partial amputation to the right index finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Conveyors belt, slot, chain
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