Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Elecnor Hawkeye LLC, 100 Marcus Blvd, HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK 11788
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was stringing new rope from a drum onto a pulling machine. The rope started to veer off to one side; the employee was pushing the pulling block back into place with his right hand when his neoprene glove was pulled into the block. The skin on his right thumb tip was torn.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMaterial and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
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