Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at International Paper Co, 2400 Shamrock Ave, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76107
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was repairing the locking mechanism on a machine when their right index finger was partially amputated.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Machinery unspecified
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