Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Comarco Products Inc., 501 Jackson Street, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 08104
on — Amputations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was inspecting product when her hand was caught in a moving conveyor belt, resulting in a partial amputation of her finger/hand.
An employee was putting cheese into a hopper when his finger was pinched in the hopper's funnel cavity. He was hospitalized; the fingertip was amputated.
An employee was moving 2-pound bags of product from a conveyor belt to shipping boxes when the employee's left hand became caught in a nip point on the belt, amputating the pinky fingertip.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
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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