Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bashlin Industries Inc, 119 West Pine Street, GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA 16127
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a punch press. As he was positioning a piece of leather in the machine, the press cycled and the die came down on his right hand. He suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
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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