Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cutex Brands, LLC , 100 Industrial Drive, FESTUS, MISSOURI 63028
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
At 10:30 a.m. on the production floor, an employee attempted to unjam one of the pads on the PAD machine. The blade on the machine amputated her left-hand index finger from the bed of the fingernail to the tip. She was hospitalized. The machine was still running at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Other special process machinery, unspecified
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