Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ingersoll Rand, Inc., 405 Nestles Way, BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 18031
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was servicing a reciprocating air compressor when their left middle finger was caught in a belt motor pulley sheave while manually moving the belt. Approximately 1/4 inch of the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Air compressors
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