Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-01-14 | Southard | Oklahoma | U.S. Gypsum Southern | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was manually clearing a clog in a centrifuge machine when his fingers were caught and crushed between the dryer mechanism and the centrifuge, ripping the skin and meat off and leaving the bone. As a result, his right middle and ring fingers had to be surgically amputated. |