Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Premier Products of Racine, Inc., 1220 Mound Avenue, RACINE, WISCONSIN 53404
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the material feeder into a mechanical punch press. The employee's glove got caught in a gear of the feeding machine. The finger was pulled into the gear crushing it. This resulted in the amputation of the right index finger at the first joint