Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Insteel Industries, Inc., 500 Klemp Rd., DAYTON, TEXAS 77535
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
On 5/21/18, a maintenance employee was working on the back of a straight cut eight machine, troubleshooting the lights of a folding gate's sensor, when his right hand was placed on the folding gate. The folding gate then came down on his right middle finger and amputated his fingertip.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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