Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc., 6565 North 60th Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53223
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
The injured employee was feeding paper into a machine with their right hand while standing on the base. The wheel to advance the paper was manually turned and the injured employee's right ring finger was pulled into the rollers. The tip of his right ring finger was pinched and amputated.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Paper production machinery, unspecified
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