Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AJM PACKAGING INC., 3400 Interprise Avenue, JOPLIN, MISSOURI 64801
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee amputated two fingertips, pinched a third finger, and fractured a finger on the right hand while cleaning ink off print rollers on a machine that had not been shut off and isolated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified
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