Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oren International, Inc. , 675 S. Pace Boulevard, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 32502
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
A temporary employee was operating a machine that converts large rolls of paper into narrow rolls of paper when his hand was caught in a pinch point between the shaft and the upright, amputating his left middle fingertip without bone loss.
AmputationFingertip(s)Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
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