Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Parker-Hannifin Corporation, 33 Defco Park Road, NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06473
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Stationary saws band
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