Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Caraustar Industries, 2980 S. Oakwood Rd., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN 54904
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
On July 25, 2018, an employee was reaching around a tube to back a wax applicator out because it was applying too much wax when the employee's finger was caught between the wax applicator and the tube, resulting in a distal amputation to the right index fingertip. The equipment was unguarded at the time of the incident.
AmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.