DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2019-01-14SouthardOklahomaU.S. Gypsum SouthernFinger(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.