Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Smithfield Farmland, Corp., 1220 N. SIXTH ST., MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS 61462
on , Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On December 10, 2015, around 3:15 pm, an employee walked from his work station to a work area where a co-worker was using hot water to wash a tooth roller while it was running. To warm up his hands, the injured employee put his hands under the hot water poured by his co-worker and the moving roller caught his glove, pinching a finger. He was admitted to the hospital for an avulsion injury on the right index finger.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
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