Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Zenni USA, 4531 Industrial Center Drive, OBETZ, OHIO 43207
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was checking the operation of a dust collector when they sustained a partial amputation to their right middle finger and a laceration to the index finger in a rotary valve on the machine.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Cleaning machinery, appliances n.e.c.
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