Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CUST-O-FAB SPECIALTY SERVICES, LLC, 8888 W. 21ST ST., SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA 74063
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a rag to clean oil off a tube expander machine. A roll pin that holds the chuck on the roll machine caught the rag, and the employee's hand was pulled into the roll gun, resulting in a finger amputation.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery n.e.c.
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