WILMINGTON, OHIO—
Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ahresty Wilmington Corporation, 2627 S. South Street, WILMINGTON, OHIO 45177 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
A maintenance technician was investigating a tool issue. He was pressing the tool clamp/unclamp button with his right hand when his hand slipped off the button, causing the spindle to clamp on his distal left index finger, resulting in amputation.
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