Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Legacy Housing Lamination, 113 Milledgeville Road, EATONTON, GEORGIA 31024
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a rag to clean the rollers of a lamination machine. The rollers pulled in his left hand and crushed it.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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