Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nemak Corporation, 4243 Gateway Drive, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN 53081
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on a trim cell unit where engine blocks are trimmed out. As he was picking up the block, he was wearing a hot mill style glove. His pinky went into the chain belt and was caught between the backside of the chain belt and the guard. His left pinky finger was amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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