Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cabot Corporation, 272 Cabot Canal Plant Lane, FRANKLIN, LOUISIANA 70538
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was in the warehouse helping to troubleshoot a bagging machine. The machine's anvil activated and the employee's left middle finger was crushed by the bottom sealing bar. The fingertip was medically amputated at the last joint.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
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