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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2019032946 · 3/20/2019 · Qualex Manufacturing, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Brake presses

Employer

Name
Qualex Manufacturing, LLC
Location
221 Sunset Blvd., CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17202
NAICS
332322
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was changing the tooling on a press brake when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. This caused the machine die to crush and break his left middle and index fingers. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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