Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sigma Extruding Corp., 627 NORTH LANE AVE, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32254
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping to remove a roll of plastic from a line when the tail stock on the machine snapped back and caught the employee's right middle fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified
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