Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Special Metals, 3200 Riverside Drive, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25705
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On August 28, 2015, at approximately 6:45pm, while performing maintenance on a machine, another employee activated the machine after receiving verbal confirmation from the mechanic to go ahead. The maintenance mechanic suffered the amputation of his left thumb after it was pinched between a table and material near the entry end of the cap line.