Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ecopax, 1355 Easton Road, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA 18015
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a bagger cutting machine and suffered an amputation to a finger. The machine was guarded at the time.
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An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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