Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Georgia Pacific Corporation, 4901 Chandler Road, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA 74403
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a folder tender when he attempted to adjust a box of napkins on the conveyor. His hand got pinched between a roller and the conveyor belt.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedConveyors-belt
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