Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eastern Sintered Alloys Inc., 126 Access Road, SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA 15857
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a molding press at the end of their work shift when the plunger came down on their right ring fingertip, resulting in amputation. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
AmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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