Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cartamundi Dallas, Inc., 5101 Highland Place Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS 75236
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was unjamming paper in a machine. The machine amputated the employee's right index finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Special process machinery, unspecified
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