Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Speed North America Inc, 1700 Old Mansfield Rd, WOOSTER, OHIO 44691
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working on an extruder line and changing the spool when the line became tangled. The employee went to remove the line from the roller when his left hand was pulled into it, becoming caught between the line and the roller. The employee sustained amputations of his index, middle, and ring fingertips.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Extruding machinery
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