Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at General Packaging Corporation, 200 E. Arapaho Road, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75081
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cutting foam with a band saw when their right glove got caught in the sawblade, pulling their right little finger into the blade and causing a partial fingertip amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Stationary saws band
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