Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mennel Milling Company, 1 W. Front Street, LOGAN, OHIO 43138
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Thumb(s) and finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was checking a flour roll stand for a blockage. The employee's right hand was caught in an ingoing nip point on the machine, causing partial amputations to the thumb and middle, ring, and little fingers.
HospitalizedAmputation Thumb(s) and finger(s) Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
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