Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TIDI Products, LLC, 570 Enterprise Drive, NEENAH, WISCONSIN 54956
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing a jammed stack of folded paper drape sheets from a folder machine when the belt moved, pinching her index and middle fingers between the belt and sprocket. Her index fingertip was partially amputated and middle finger was fractured.
AmputationFingertip(s)Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
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An employee was operating her machine from the box packing area when a coworker asked where to place a tape gun and she pointed with her left arm to the location. At the same time, an air cylinder retracted and caught her left arm, causing an elbow dislocation, laceration, and fractured wrist.
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