Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brey-Krause Manufacturing Company, 1209 WEST LEHIGH STREET, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA 18018
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was setting up a test bend on metal tubing when the bender machine clamped onto their right index finger. The fingertip was partially amputated.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Bending, crimping machinery
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