Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave J Levy Place, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10029
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing a belt replacement on a fan motor for the AC-1 unit. The employee had locked out the power source(s) to the fan motor, loosened the motor / tension on the belts, and replaced the belt when the pulley "free-wheeled." Her fingertip was caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
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