Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Pulse Trading, Inc., 625 42nd Street NE, MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA 58701
on — Amputations, affecting the Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was monitoring the milling process when the flexible sock fell off a sifting machine. The employee put it back on and when he pulled his hand out, his right index finger was cut by a metal edge on the machine. The employee's right index finger was amputated. The machine was running at the time.
Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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