Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ardagh Glass Inc., 443 South East Avenue, BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY 08302
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a portable temperature probe used to take temperatures on blanks when the blanks closed on the employee's finger, amputating the right index fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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