Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fresh Mark - Salem, 1735 South Lincoln Avenue, SALEM, OHIO 44460
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was troubleshooting a vibration and noise issue on a slicer. He manually rotated the idler pulley when his right index finger went through a cleaning hole in the pulley, causing it to get caught between the pulley and a bearing block. The employee suffered a partial fingertip amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Food slicers
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