Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BRENTWOOD ORIGINALS, 1309 N. MERIDIAN ROAD, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 44509
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating the fill machine when the machine became clogged with fill. As the employee was removing the clog, the machine blades lacerated his right index and middle fingers resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, unspecified
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