Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CATERPILLAR, Inc., 9201 FAULKNER LAKE RD., NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72117
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a hoist to load a motor grader circle blank that weighed 2,300 pounds into a cradle fixture for machining. As he lowered the part, the tip of his gloved left middle finger was pinched between the circle blank and the cradle fixture, resulting in a fingertip amputation.