Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quad/Graphics Commercial and & Specilty, LLC, 700 Black Hawk Dr., BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN 53105
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was putting a roll into a roll stand. His hand was caught in the roller, and his thumb and middle finger were pinched between the lifting arm and the roll shaft. He suffered avulsions and lacerations to the thumb and the finger,
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedPrinting machinery and equipment, unspecified
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