Struck by door, gate, window · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WHB Cattle, LP, 3000 N.E. 63rd Street, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73121
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was making rounds to the barns to take care of cattle. The employee was stepping out of a van and the sliding door closed on their little finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Doors, hatches vehicle and machine cabin
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