Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Seyekcub Inc., 615 W. Fourth Street, UHRICHSVILLE, OHIO 44683
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was using a sand mixer when the employee's hands entered the mixer. The mixer blade then cut off two of the employee's fingers. The mixer chute was unguarded at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
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