Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bauman Orchards Inc, 161 Rittman Avenue, RITTMAN, OHIO 44270
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on apple sorting equipment when his fingertip was amputated by the chain and sprocket as the machine started up.
AmputationFingertip(s)Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
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