KEARNEY, NEBRASKA—
Eaton Corporation
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Eaton Corporation, 4200 Hiway 30 E, KEARNEY, NEBRASKA 68847 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
A maintenance technician was cleaning a piece of equipment that is used to pump grease when their hand became caught between a pulley and belt on the equipment. The employee sustained a right middle fingertip amputation.
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