Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Plaskolite, LLC, 1175 5 B's Drive, ZANESVILLE, OHIO 43701
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was trying to clear debris from the bottom area of a material transfer belt feeding a grinder. As the employee used a hand rake to push/pull materials lodged between the conveyor roller and the side wall of the conveyor chute, the rake itself became caught. The employee was trying to dislodge it when their right index finger was caught and pinched between the roller and the rake. They suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.
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