Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aptar CSP Technologies, 960 West Veterans Blvd, AUBURN, ALABAMA 36832
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee and two co-workers were removing a feed hopper due to a piece of hard resin that had accumulated between the hopper and the mixer. When the hopper was dislodged from the mixer, it pivoted into a new position and contacted the employee's right pinky finger, crushing it between the hopper and the mezzanine floor and resulting in crush injuries and lacerations that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMachine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
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