Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ovid Bell Press, Inc., 1201 Bluff Street, FULTON, MISSOURI 65251
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's arm entered the trimmer portion of a binding machine. His arm snapped in three places, resulting in a compound fracture, a deep laceration, and muscle and nerve damage.
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