Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SavATree LLC, 550 Bedford Road, BEDFORD HILLS, NEW YORK 10507
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee and co-workers were doing core aerations when one of the machines got stuck in a slightly sloped area of the property. The employee attempted to put a strap on his machine to pull the other machine out. As he searched for a place to hook the strap to, he put his hand under a plate on the machine when his middle and ring fingers contacted a pulley underneath, resulting in 1/8 inch fingertip amputations.
AmputationFingertip(s)Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
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