Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Envelope, LLC, 150 Industrial Park Drive, MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA 18344
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s) and finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to clear a paper jam from a moving machine belt when the employee's left hand was caught by a pickup cylinder on the belt. The employee suffered a severe laceration to the back of the hand and palm, as well as a broken middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedHand(s) and finger(s)Special process machinery, unspecified
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