BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA—
ALPHA PACKAGING
Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ALPHA PACKAGING, 1995 HIGHLAND AVE., BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA 18020 on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was helping to place molds into a machine when some pressure built up in the head of the mold. The employee received burns to the left bicep and wrist.
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SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI—
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Two employees were sliding a 1,000-pound mold onto the forks of a powered industrial truck (PIT). The mold shifted on the forks and an employee's middle finger was pinched between the mold and the forks. The fingertip was amputated.
CLEVELAND, OHIO—
Alpha Packaging
An employee was cleaning a grinder when the grinder blade dropped on his left hand. The employee pulled his hand out of his glove and amputated his left middle fingertip.
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