Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Multiple traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Siemens Energy, Inc., 100 West Chemung Street, PAINTED POST, NEW YORK 14870
on — Multiple traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was setting up a 450-pound piston rod when it fell on their left hand. The employee suffered a left index finger fracture and nerve damage.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMachine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
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