Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tension Envelope Corporation, 5900 Tension Dr., FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76112
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was investigating a noise coming from a guarded gearbox on the backside of his machine. He was moving a loose grease line when his finger slipped into the chain and sprocket located in the box resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedPaper production machinery, unspecified
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