Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Specialty Quality Packaging, LLC., 602 Potential Parkway, SCOTIA, NEW YORK 12302
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was showing another employee how to conduct a test on a machine when the employee's right hand entered the machine. The employee's fingers were caught between a roller and belt, crushing the right middle and ring fingers and resulting in a ring fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Paper production machinery, unspecified
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