Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New - Indy Ivex, LLC, 1 Sloan Street, PEORIA, ILLINOIS 61603
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to separate two paper rolls (4-inch roll and 34-inch roll) with a knife when the knife was caught between the rolls and the employee's right index fingertip was pinched off. The paper roll machine was guarded at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Paper production machinery, unspecified
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