Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ira Middleswarth & Son Inc., 250 Furnace Rd., MIDDLEBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17842
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a jam on a packaging machine when her right index finger contacted a moving belt on the machine, resulting in an amputation of the finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
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