Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Applegate Greenfiber Acquisition, LLC 8, 815 Forrest Drive, WACO, TEXAS 76704
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a plastic pipe to clear a jam in the shredding equipment. The pipe got stuck in the shredder and went into a vertical position, crushing the employee's left ring finger between the pipe and the top of the shredder shroud. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Other metal, wood, and special material machinery n.e.c.
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