Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Federal Bureau of Prisons, 846 NE 54th Terrace, COLEMAN, FLORIDA 33521
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was slicing onions with a vegetable slicer when the slicer cut his left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was preparing the serving line area for the evening meal. He was cleaning a stainless steel table when his left middle finger got stuck in a gap where a raised ledge is affixed to the table. As he pulled his finger from the space, his fingertip was amputated.
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An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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