Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RX SYSTEMS INC., 121 Point West Boulevard, SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI 63301
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s) and finger(s).
Final narrative
At approximately 1:00 a.m., on 7/15/2019, a machine operator was performing a maintenance procedure on a board press. The operator was connecting a wire when a cog (wheel) grabbed her right hand and damaged the tissue between the thumb and index finger and knuckles.
HospitalizedHand(s) and finger(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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