Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nittany Paper Mills, LLC, 6395 Pennsylvania State Route 103 North, LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17044
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the maintenance shop and dumping debris in a dumpster using a forklift. As the employee was dumping the debris, their left hand was caught between the 5-yard metal hopper and the forklift forks, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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