Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc., RR 20, HAYWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA 26366
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a chain fall to install a liner in a mill. As he was setting the liner in place, his right index finger got stuck in a chain on the rigging, resulting in a fingertip amputation that required hospitalization and a surgical reattachment.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Hoists, lifts overhead, cable
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