Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Automated Biomass Systems, LLC, 113 Falso Drive, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13211
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting a 3-inch round steel rod with a band saw. Metal became lodged between the blade and the vise; the employee was working to remove it when the sawblade amputated his left ring finger and lacerated his middle and little fingers.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Stationary saws band
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