Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Tapco Tube Company, 10748 S. Water Street Extension, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 16335
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was working on a tube mill. This machine rolls a metal sheet/strip, welds it, and ejects it as a tube. While inspecting a finished tube for defects, the employee's glove got caught between the tube and the roller resulting in amputation of his right little fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.