Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Liberty Electronics, Inc., 191 Howard Street, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA 16323
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a wire sleeving machine and re-inserted the screws into the machine. She was attempting to grab the wire sleeve when her right index fingertip was amputated by the machine's blade. The machine's safety bypass bar was removed at the time of the incident.
AmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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