Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at McAbee Construction, Inc., 5724 21ST STREET, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 35401
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was moving dies on a hydraulic pan brake closer together so he could bend pieces of sheet metal. The employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers were crushed in the machine, and all three fingers were amputated.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery unspecified
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