Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc., 56 Smedley Street, NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA 16428
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee and a mechanic were troubleshooting a conveyor machine. The employee pointed something out to the mechanic and his finger was pinched in the chain and sprocket, resulting in a partial amputation.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Conveyors unspecified
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