Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lozier Corporation _ Scottsboro Plant 2, 2601 East Willow St., SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA 35768
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was utilizing an automatic lift table stacking system. The employee manually lowered the lift table using the control panel to retrieve a broken wood board that was severed into two pieces. As the employee reached to retrieve a piece of wood, the lift table started to rise, causing the employee's right hand to become caught between the lift table and the system frame. The employee sustained a fracture to the right little finger and a laceration to the right hand.
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