Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Packer Sanitation Services, Inc., 928 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS 75963
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was beginning to do a pre-operational inspection on equipment. She was visually inspecting a running tail cutter when she noticed some debris in the wheel. She put on her glove and attempted to clear the machine of debris. When she did, her glove was caught by the equipment, which then amputated her right index fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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