Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Wiffle Ball, Inc., 275 Bridgeport Avenue, SHELTON, CONNECTICUT 06484
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
A panel was knocked off the side of a plastic injection molding machine. A temporary employee was vacuuming inside the machine when their little finger contacted a moving part. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Plastic injection molding machinery
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