Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kelley Bean Co Inc, 1 Frances Street, MORRILL, NEBRASKA 69358
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
A packaging machine had just been filled with beans and started when a poly tube entered the machine. An employee was clearing this potential jam when his left index finger was caught between the bag sealer and a pneumatic bar that holds bags in place for sealing. The fingertip was amputated. The machine had a protective interlocked screen at the time.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
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