Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Glen-Gery Corporation - Hanley, 12637 Harrison Street, SUMMERVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 15864
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using lubricant on the bearings of a conveyor roller, which were not turning. They began to turn and a cube of bricks advanced on the conveyor, pinching his left ring finger against a roller. The fingertip was amputated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Conveyors-live roller
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