Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND, 11100 EUCLID AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44106
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a microtome to slice tissue. The employee was moving the sliced tissue when the microtome blade, which was still in operation, amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip. The blade was unguarded at the time.
AmputationFingertip(s)Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
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