Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Intertape Polymer Group, 1800 E Pleasant St, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 45505
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was removing woven fabric from a coater machine using scissors. The rollers caught the end of the scissors and twisted them and the employee's fingers, resulting in a fracture and lacerations. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to their little finger.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, unspecified
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