Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Capstone Logistics LLC, 3636 Mountain Creek Parkway, DALLAS, TEXAS 75236
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on an a conveyor system. He was working to loosen the chain that moves the belt when his right index fingertip was caught by the chain and amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Conveyors belt, slot, chain
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