Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ruggieri Bros. Inc., 111 Howard Ave, CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND 02920
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was mixing self-leveling cement when his hand was caught in a mixer. He suffered a partial amputation to his left middle finger, as well as a laceration to his buttocks.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Agitators, mixers earth, mineral
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