AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS·
SLOAN VALVE COMPANY
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SLOAN VALVE COMPANY, 2719 business hwy 33 South, AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS 72006 on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was troubleshooting a shell core machine that had failed to raise the sand hopper into place for core making. The employee went to manipulate a switch and the machine cycled. The employee s left middle fingertip was caught between the roller-ball switch and the roller-ball switch target, resulting in a laceration that required surgical amputation to part of the distal phalanx.
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