Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GLOCK, INC., 6000 HIGHLANDS PARKWAY SE, SMYRNA, GEORGIA 30082
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning off metal flakes from a broaching machine/metal shaver when the machine activated and the blade cycled. The machine contacted the employee's finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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