Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UFP Technologies, Inc. , 100 Hale Street , NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS 01950
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee amputated a finger while clearing a jam on a sheeter machine.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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