Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MONDI BAGS USA, LLC, 3501 Jefferson Parkway, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS 71602
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
Employee was working on the No. 2 sew line machine when a paper jam occurred. The employee went around the machine guard and caught his right hand in a pinch point amputating his pinky finger. He was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Paper production machinery, unspecified
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