Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Samuels and Son Seafood Co., 3400 S Lawrence St, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19148
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a fish skinning machine. The machine caught the employee's left hand, causing ligament damage and partial degloving.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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