Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at A-1 Block Corporation, 1617 S. Division Ave, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32805
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing a pallet jam from a block machine when the machine's chain and sprocket amputated his right middle fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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