Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at International Paper Company, 9978 FM RD 3129, QUEEN CITY, TEXAS 75572
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s) and finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cutting cores with a saw. While she was attempting to retrieve a marking crayon, the saw cut her right hand and broke her right index finger. She was hospitalized.
HospitalizedHand(s) and finger(s)Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
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