Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JPS Graphics Corporation, 14030 Welch Road, DALLAS, TEXAS 75244
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was setting up a hand-operated coil punch machine. Her index finger was in the area of the clamp when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The clamp then came down on her left ring finger, resulting in a finger amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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