Hazard Alert

Amputation of Fingers

Injury Type: Amputation of fingers
Core Activity: Manufacturing agricultural equipment
Location: Central Plains Region
ID Number: 140
Date of Incident: April 2010
Sector: Manufacturing

Details

A worker sustained a crush injury to the tips of three fingers when the worker's right-hand glove got snagged between the plates and the tooling of a machine, pulling the glove and fingers into the machine.

 

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