Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schaedler Yesco Distribution, Inc, 70 Burrell Plaze, LOWER BURRELL, PENNSYLVANIA 15068
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a wire counting machine when his glove was caught and pulled his right hand in. The employee was hospitalized with a partial amputation of his middle finger and the loss of the ring fingertip.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery unspecified
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
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