Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2017-09-07 | Slaughter | Louisiana | Anvil Attachments | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was disassembling a cylinder head with a pneumatic torque wrench when the wrench pinched his left index finger, crushing and amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2015-09-16 | Slaughter | Louisiana | Anvil Attachments | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was setting a die in the brake press. The employee was attempting to line up the upper holes when he depressed the foot pedal and the brake press lowered onto the employee's left hand thumb causing a fingertip amputation. |