Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stericycle, Inc., 7705 Northshore Place, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72118
on , Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was dumping shredded paper into a horizontal baler when the wire tie mechanism malfunctioned and did not tie a wire around a bale. He was attempting to fix the issue when his left hand was caught and crushed in the wire tie mechanism, requiring hospitalization. The baler was unguarded at the time of the incident.