Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Community Newspaper Holdings of West Virginia, 801 North Kanawha Street, BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA 25801
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On August 17, 2016, at approximately 12:15 a.m., an employee was moving bundles of paper into a strapping machine by hand using a motor-driven roller line. While attempting to remove a paper from the line, the employee's right hand and arm were pulled into the live rollers. He was hospitalized with a fractured right arm.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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