Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Unique Industries, Inc., 496 Fairfield Road, MONTOURSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17754
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was manually refeeding tissue into the napkin press and folder machine. When the machine was jogged, a finger on her left hand was pulled between two rollers. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left finger and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedPaper production machinery, n.e.c.
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