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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20191010570 · 10/9/2019 · The Beistle Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
The Beistle Company
Location
1 Beistle Plaza, SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17257
NAICS
322299
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee operating a tiara machine began to jog (actuate) the machine. The foil band did not feed through the cutter into the mandrel. The employee was attempting to straighten the band when the employee's right third finger was caught by the cutter, resulting in a fracture and laceration to the fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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