Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AHF Parent Holding Inc., 1067 Dillerville Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17603
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was conducting a paper test after changing a roll on the assembly line when paper began jamming at the outfeed conveyor. As the employee was clearing the jam, their right thumb was caught in the nip point between a belt and a drive gear resulting in degloving injuries. The tip of their thumb was surgically amputated.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Machinery unspecified
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