Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Duro Bag Manufacturing Co., 750 Dowd Avenue, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07201
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a jam in a machine when the tip of their little finger was caught on a wheel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Paper production machinery, unspecified
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