Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ICU Medical, 3900 W Howard Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78728
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning an extruder line when they observed that the purge was not coming out the other end. The employee was checking the feed throat for a clog when the auger caught their left fingers, resulting in amputations to their ring and middle fingers.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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