Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc., End of Hwy 112, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS 72908
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
The employee was tightening a belt on the wood chipper. After the repair, the employee turned the machine off. While the machine was coasting to a stop the employee got his left hand caught between the belt and pulley of the wood chipper, resulting in the amputation of two fingers.