Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Historic Bethlehem Partnership, Inc., 1762 Water Works, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA 18018
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was greasing a waterwheel as part of minor servicing when his hand slipped and became stuck in the waterwheel sprocket, causing hand lacerations that required hospitalization and surgery.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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