Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wrico Stamping of Texas, 650 Industrial BLVD., GRAPEVINE, TEXAS 76051
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading parts into a punch press machine when the arm of the chair struck the machine and activated it. The employee sustained three left-hand finger fractures.
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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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