Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WOLVERINE TUBE, INC., 41600 WOLVERINE RD, SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA 74804
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was hand feeding a copper tube into a finning machine with her right hand. The employee rested her left hand on top of the slide gate guard with her fingertips behind the guard. The machine was in the automatic mode. The slide gate activated and amputated her left small fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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