Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nouveau Elevator Industries Inc., 123 Williams Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10038
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An elevator mechanic was adjusting the elevator brake clearance with a feeler gage used to monitor clearance between the brake shoe and operating shaft. The mechanic was holding the feeler gage in his left hand, and wrenches in his right hand. He instructed a helper inside the elevator to cab up. As the cab went up, his left middle finger got pinched in the elevator hoist cable and the fingertip was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Elevators, hoists, lifts unspecified
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