Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schneider Electric, 1717 Center Park Road, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68512
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a cleaning machine in a molding department. The cleaning machine became blocked with flash material. The employee stopped it and was reaching in to clear the obstruction when the blast wheel contacted the employee's hand. The employee underwent a partial medical amputation to the index finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedWashers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
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