Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BlueTriton Brands, Inc., 4718 Mountain Creek Parkway, DALLAS, TEXAS 75236
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was tensioning the chain of a packing machine. The employee's right index finger was caught in the chain sprocket, and the fingertip was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
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