Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HAVCO WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC, 3200 East Outer Road, SCOTT CITY, MISSOURI 63780
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the glue roller and his glove got caught in the roller crushing and removing tissue from his right pinky fingertip.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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