Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nox US, LLC, 931 South Springville Avenue, FOSTORIA, OHIO 44830
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c., affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was conducting maintenance activities on the recycle material system of a lamination machine. The employee's right hand was caught in a butterfly valve when the valve closed. The employee sustained an avulsion and partial amputation of the index finger and an avulsion and fracture of the middle finger. The equipment was not locked out at the time.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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