Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Acme Engineering and Manufacturing Corp., 1820 N. York Street, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA 74403
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s) and finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a roll press machine. The machine's rollers caught the employee's glove, pulling in the employee's right hand and injuring their index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedHand(s) and finger(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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