Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at US Battery Manufacturing Company, Inc, 1895 Tobacco Road, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30906
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Casting machinery
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