Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H.C. Starck Inc., 21801 Tungsten Road, EUCLID, OHIO 44117
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was polishing a metal bar on a manual lathe with an emery cloth when the cloth became caught around the rotating bar, consecutively catching the employee's glove. The lathe was rotating at 566 rpm at the time of the incident. The employee's right index finger was amputated to the first knuckle.