Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation, 1450 Chapel Street, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06511
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was replacing a belt on an HVAC system motor when a rag used to rotate the belt and pulley system became caught, pulling his right hand into a pinch point. The employee sustained a laceration to his thumb and a little fingertip amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery n.e.c.
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