Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CROWN CORK & SEAL USA, INC., 700 16TH ST., MASSILLON, OHIO 44646
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was trying to prevent a machine guard from falling onto the product on the machine when his hand was caught in the machine's pulley system, amputating his right middle finger down to the first knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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