Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Day & Zimmermann Lone Star LLC, Highway 82 West, TEXARKANA, TEXAS 75501
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on a production line. The employee went to retrieve parts that came out of the parts holder, and their left hand became caught between a chain and a sprocket. Three fingers on the hand were amputated.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Machinery unspecified
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