Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC, 5066 Lincoln Highway, CRESTLINE, OHIO 44827
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a pre-wash cold end washer. As he pushed down on the assembly so that it could be fastened in place his hand slipped downward into a chain and sprocket on the washer's conveyor. The equipment was not de-energized or locked out. His right index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Machinery unspecified
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