Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mars Wrigley Confectionery, 1001 Texas Central Pkwy, WACO, TEXAS 76712
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was verifying the tension on a drive belt when their right hand was caught between the drive belt and a pulley, resulting in a fractured right middle finger and an amputation to the right ring finger.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Machinery unspecified
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