Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at J C Schultz Enterprises Inc, 951 Swanson Drive, BATAVIA, ILLINOIS 60510
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was feeding material into a digital printer when the material started to wrinkle. The employee was straightening the material when his right hand was crushed and lacerated between a roller and a belt. The employee sustained a broken bone in their pinky finger.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedPrinting machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
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