Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at OMNICELL, INC., 203 Gandy Blvd North, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA 33702
on — Fractures and dislocations, affecting the hand(s) and wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was rewinding the label on a label machine using her left hand. She used her right hand to jog the machine forward and was using her left hand to load the paper on the paper winder. The tip of her glove was caught causing her left hand to wrap around the rotating post and the cardboard core resulting in a left wrist fracture and dislocation as well as a fifth index compound fracture and a fourth index fracture.
HospitalizedHand(s) and wrist(s)Product labeling machinery
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