Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nibco, Inc., 723 S. Fredonia, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS 75961
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was performing a machine set-up and had installed one set of holding jaws. His right index finger became caught in an air vise while re-clamping a part. The employee sustained a partial amputation above the fingernail.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Machinery unspecified
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