Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Callaghan & Callaghan Inc. , Dietz & Watson, 5701 Tacony Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19135
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a 4,000-pound mixer when his glove was caught in the machine, which then pulled in his hand and amputated his right middle and ring fingers.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
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