Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at OX SPECIALTY PAPER, LLC., 30 Champion Street, CARTHAGE, NEW YORK 13619
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was threading a calender stack after a paper sheet break. As the employee plugged the tail into the nip using a threading tool with his right hand, his left hand was caught up in the paper piling up beside him. He suffered partial amputations (through the bone) to the left index finger, middle finger, and ring finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedCalenders, supercalenders-paper production
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