Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cerex Advanced Fabrics, Inc, 610 Chemstrand Road, CANTONMENT, FLORIDA 32533
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working on the thermal bond production line when the laydown formation table became filled with fabric. The employee was cleaning the area when the machine restarted. The employee's hands were caught between a belt and a roller resulting in amputations to multiple fingers on both hands.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Textile, apparel, leather production machinery unspecified
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