Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quad Graphics, Inc., 855 Caperton Boulevard, MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA 25403
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On 10/25/2016, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee was injured as the press crew began webbing the paper through the press rollers at the beginning of a press run. During the "web up," an excessive amount of paper built up in the area. The employee attempted to push the paper through the energized machine with her right hand resulting in the laceration and fracture of the middle finger.
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