Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HB&G Building Products, Inc., 1015 BRUNDIDGE BLVD, TROY, ALABAMA 36081
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning out a 1-inch diameter pipe that feeds organic peroxide catalyst into a mixing bucket. A pneumatic valve closed on the employee's right pinky finger and amputated half an inch from the tip of the finger.
AmputationFingertip(s)Valves, nozzles
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