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 WestRock Company of Texas, 6702 Hwy 66, GREENVILLE, TEXAS 75402
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a belt guide under a cutting machine. His right hand was pulled between two rollers and the index and middle fingers were injured.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, unspecified
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