Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Giffin Interior & Fixtures, Inc., 500 Scotti Drive, BRIDGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 15017
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting an edge bander when the employee suffered an amputation to the right third distal phalanges. An interlock was not in place and the equipment was not guarded at the time of the incident.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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