Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Unytite, Inc., 1 Unytite Way, PERU, ILLINOIS 61354
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was repositioning a washer on an assembly machine when the machine cycled and the employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Other metal, wood, and special material machinery n.e.c.
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