Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cenveo, Inc., 14001 Inwood Road,, DALLAS, TEXAS 75244
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
A temporary employee was removing an envelope that was sitting on folding cylinders in the top-fold section of an envelope-folding machine. Their left index and middle fingers became caught in the rolls, resulting in partial amputations of the fingertips.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Other special process machinery n.e.c.
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