Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dustrol Inc., 3505 Lee Blvd., EL PASO, TEXAS 79936
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was preparing to lift the averaging arm on a milling machine and place it in the locked position so the milling machine could back up and get into position to start a new cut on asphalt. The milling machine started backing up. Another employee grabbed the averaging arm by the end to help the first employee; it raised unbalanced, the opposite end teetered, stuck into the asphalt surface, and the end the second employee was holding lifted. The employee's right index and middle fingers were caught, lacerated, and fractured between the averaging arm and the milling machine. The index finger was medically amputated below the joint and the middle finger was amputated at the tip.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Milling machines, cold planers, and road profilers