MOBILE, ALABAMA—
Kimberly Clark Corporation
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kimberly Clark Corporation, 200A BAY BRIDGE ROAD, MOBILE, ALABAMA 36610 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to place a core plug into a core at the hard roll towel area and pinched his left middle finger between the core and the core plug resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
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An employee was feeling to see if there was a leak at the location when his right middle finger slipped into a hole. A butterfly valve below the hole actuated and caused a partial amputation of the right middle finger.
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