Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pet-Ag Inc., 180 Ryan Drive, HAMPSHIRE, ILLINOIS 60140
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was testing the tension of a belt on a capping machine when his finger got pushed into the drive wheel, severing a portion of the finger above the fingernail. The employee sustained a partial amputation to his left middle finger from the first knuckle.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Bottling, canning, filling machinery
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