Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Professional Abatement & Remediation Technologies, Bodine Aluminum, TROY, MISSOURI 63379
on — Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a 4-inch-diameter hose to an industrial vacuum cleaner when his clothing and hand were sucked into the hose. The high pressure suction caused the capillaries in his hand to swell. He was hospitalized and required surgery to reduce the swelling.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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