Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at International Paper, 1302 W. Carrier Pkwy, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 75050
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a machine's roller with a rag. When the machine was jogged his right middle finger was pulled into a nip point resulting in a partial amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedPaper production machinery, unspecified
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