Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Clearwater Paper, 4278 Mike Padgett Highway, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30906
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was replacing the belt to a coolant fan when their right ring fingertip was caught between the belt and the sheave and amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Machinery unspecified
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