Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Duro Bag, 1200 Northrop Road, MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT 06450
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Thumb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
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