Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC*, 800 Airport Rd., NORTH AURORA, ILLINOIS 60542
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a horizontal milling machine when his right arm was caught by the spindle blade and severely lacerated. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedMilling machines
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