Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TENSION ENVELOPE CORPORATION, 5900 Tension Dr., FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76112
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was helping to guide paper through a machine when the employee's right pinky finger was caught and smashed in the sprocket at the entrance to the drying run of the machine.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Paper production machinery, unspecified
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