Injured by object handled by person unspecified · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brightview Landscape Development, 2043 Steel Services Drive, TUCKER, GEORGIA 30084
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a plate tamper from a pickup truck. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the tamper's handle and its plate, resulting in a partial amputation at the nailbed.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Pile drivers, tamping machinery
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