Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BALDWIN FILTERS MFG., 4400 E HWY 30, KEARNEY, NEBRASKA 68847
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee had been watching the gears on the back side of a pleater, trying to determine what was causing a pleater to "jump" and not work properly. The cuff of her left glove was caught in the gears; as she tried to free it, the gears grabbed the tip of her right glove, pulling in her right index finger and causing an amputation to the finger. The machine was not guarded at the time.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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