Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Briess Industries Inc, 625 South Irish Road, CHILTON, WISCONSIN 53014
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was installing a new gear in a hand-operated flake mill and trying to line up the gear with a worm screw shaft approximately 18 inches long and weighing 30 pounds. The employee's left thumb was pinched between the shaft and the gear, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.