Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Veyance Technologies, Inc., 4021 N 56th Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68504
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was removing a full "super sack" from beneath the dust collector. A red light indicated a blockage or full sack. The employee attempted to clear the blockage. She reached up into the rotary valve, which still had power. A paddle in the valve caught her right thumb.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Other metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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