Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stella-Jones Corporation, 2240 Bevil Loop Road, JASPER, TEXAS 75951
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was trying to clear a jam of wood debris (cut-offs) at a transition between a flat belt and a shaker-conveyor. When the employee grabbed a cut-off, it caught the belt and wedged the employee's left index finger between the belt and the shaker-conveyor surface. The finger was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Conveyors belt, slot, chain
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