DECATUR, ILLINOIS·
CATERPILLAR
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CATERPILLAR, 27TH AND PERSHING, DECATUR, ILLINOIS 62526 on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was installing a machining center when the employee's right index fingertip was amputated by a ball screw on the machining center's horizontal axis.
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