Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TE Connectivity Corporation, 3155 State Route 72, JONESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17038
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a stamping press that had pieces moving from it to an automated reeler. The employee's left index finger was partially amputated by the reel cutter.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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