Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Leviat, 565 Oak Ridge Road, HAZLE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA 18202
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a resistance welder when it jammed. The employee was working to unjam the welder at the top ram when the ram retracted, causing amputations to two fingertips.
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