TUCKER, GEORGIA—
Flexible Metal, Inc.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Flexible Metal, Inc., 2467 Mountain Industrial Boulevard, TUCKER, GEORGIA 30084 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was changing a blade on a pneumatic shearing machine when the machine cycled and amputated their fingertips.
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