Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-01-09 | Cody | Wyoming | U. S. Postal Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was conducting maintenance work on an overhead garage door when the employee's thumb was caught in the overhead door's chain drive, resulting in a partial left thumb amputation. | |||||
2016-08-15 | Cody | Wyoming | Blackwell Job Corps Center | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was attempting to cut a zip tie from a fence post with a knife. The knife slipped and struck the employee's left forearm, lacerating it and requiring hospitalization. |