Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PARKER HANNIFIN INC. STRATOFLEX PRODUCTS DIVISION, 220 ROBERTS CUTOFF ROAD, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76114
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was feeding material into an automated heat shrink tube cutter. As the material became too short to cut, it got stuck at the exit point between the roller feeder and the blade. The employee was trying to free the stuck material when the machine cycled; its blade amputated the tip of his right index finger.
AmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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