Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sunbelt Solomon Services, LLC, 700 South Dock Street, SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA 16146
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee installed a busbar on a coil for a winding machine. The busbar hit a tension bar, causing his left ring finger to get caught between the coil and the tension bar, which pulled in the employee's glove and resulted in a medical fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Winders, unwinders
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