HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS·
Waste Connections of Arkansas, Inc.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Waste Connections of Arkansas, Inc., 734 South Fourth Street, HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS 72543 on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was dumping a rear-load dumpster and unlatched the safety latch to the dumpster as it was coming down. The dumpster shifted and pinched his left index finger, resulting in a severe laceration up to the last knuckle. The employee was hospitalized and sustained a medical amputation of the finger to the knuckle.
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