Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc., 1231 US Highway 43, EUTAW, ALABAMA 35462
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating the manual fish skinner. The employee's glove was caught in the skinning device and the side of her right pinky finger was skinned. Her hand then rotated resulting in a laceration to the top of her right hand.
An employee was patching a 2-inch hole in the bottom of a corn auger with a glove and duct tape. The auger caught the glove and pulled his thumb into the machine resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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