ANNA, OHIO—
Honda Engine Plant
Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee was transferring a hoist in need of repairs from the I beam that it worked on to a rail attached to a crane. While disconnecting the two I beams, the rail jumped up, striking the support for the permanent rail and amputating the employee's third distal joint of the thumb on the left hand.
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