Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Clarios, 4722 Pear Street, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI 64503
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a pasting line when several plates fell. The employee attempted to remove the plates from under the moving V-belt flattener and suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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