Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SCHOLASTIC ADC, 6325 STERTZER RD , JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI 65101
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was lining up a slip sheet by hand on a pallet when a forklift operator he was working with activated the slip sheet push and pull attachment, which grabbed the employee's fingers, resulting in an amputation of the first joint of the left index finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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