Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at O'Neil Data Systems Inc, 3100 East Plano Parkway, PLANO, TEXAS 75074
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was retrieving a tool from an envelope inserting machine. A belt pulled the employee's hand into the machine's gears, causing multiple finger amputations.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMailing and metering machines
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