EASTABOGA, ALABAMA—
Kronospan LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kronospan LLC, 1 Kronospan Way, EASTABOGA, ALABAMA 36260 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was manually rotating a conveyor to help grease a bearing. His left hand got stuck between the belt and a sheave, resulting in a laceration to the middle finger and an amputation to the ring fingertip.
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An employee was greasing a bearing with a grease gun when grease punctured the skin on his left middle finger, requiring surgery.
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