Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WestRock Hodge Mill, 100 Mill Street, HODGE, LOUISIANA 71247
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was checking a rapper on a recovery boiler precipitator when the rapper rod (weighing approximately 10-15 lbs.) fell from inside the rapper coil assembly and struck the employee on the left middle finger. The employee received a cut/laceration, resulting in a partial amputation of the left middle fingertip with no bone loss.
AmputationFingertip(s)Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.