Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Readyone Industries Inc., 1414 Ability Dr., EL PASO, TEXAS 79936
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a fabric winding machine. He was unloading a roll from the fabric machine when the machine activated and the pneumatic bars pinched his fingers. The employee sustained cuts and lacerations on his middle and index fingers.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Textile, apparel, leather production machinery n.e.c.
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