Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FXI, Inc., 976 Highway 45, BALDWYN, MISSISSIPPI 38824
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning glue off the rollers on a laminator machine. The machine was turned on in reverse, catching the rag and pulling it into the rollers along with the employee's hand. The blades behind the rollers amputated two of her fingertips.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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