JX Truck Center - Peterbilt of Wisconsin - Waukesha
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JX Truck Center - Peterbilt of Wisconsin - Waukesha, 820 Silvernail Road, PEWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53072
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was replacing a melted airline on a power take-off (PTO) drive line U-joint. He was holding a razor blade in his left hand and the airline in his right. As he put pressure on the airline with the blade, the blade shifted and cut through both the airline and his right middle finger, resulting in amputation.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedBox cutters and razor knives
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