Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC, 330 Blaisdell Rd., ORANGEBURG, NEW YORK 10962
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
On October 20, 2020, a maintenance employee was cleaning a machine pit. The employee was lifting a wooden box and it slipped out of his hands. When he tried to grab the wooden box, he pinched his left middle finger between the wooden box and a metal corner on the machine resulting in amputation of his left middle fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Boxes, crates, cartons
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