Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CabinetWorks Group, 100 Industrial Parkway, MIFFLINBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17844
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
On April 15, 2024, at 9:45 p.m., an employee was operating a molder machine when a piece that was running through the molder became jammed at the point of operation. The employee was unjamming the machine when their right index finger contacted a spinning cutter head, resulting in a partial amputation.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Boring, planing, milling machinery n.e.c.
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