Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Keystone Foods LLC, 2281 Steele Station Rd, GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35906
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was performing housekeeping duties. She reached under a piece of equipment to clear some product when her left hand got caught in a motor belt, resulting in a partial amputation of the index finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Machinery unspecified
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