Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Specialty Quality Packaging, LLC., 602 Potential Parkway, SCOTIA, NEW YORK 12302
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a print plate with a rag. Their right hand became caught between two rollers causing amputations to three fingertips without fractures or loss of bone.
AmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, unspecified
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