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Scottsbluff Star-Herald

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Scottsbluff Star-Herald in SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA
Employer Scottsbluff Star-Herald Report ID 20191111523
Address 1405 Broadway City, State ZIP SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA 69361
Event Date November 5, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Presses-printing
Secondary Source Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
Industry (NAICS) 511110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.86000, -103.66000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning the guard of a press machine with a rag when the rollers of the machine caught the corner of the rag and dragged the employee's right middle finger, resulting in a degloving injury from the distal interphalangeal joint to the tip of the finger. The employee's fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Incident Summary

On November 5, 2019, a worker at Scottsbluff Star-Herald in SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with presses-printing identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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