Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Target Distribution Center, 3001 Archer Drive, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17201
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a running conveyor system with a compressed air wand when the wand became stuck in the conveyor system at a junction between a section of roller conveyors and a belt conveyor. While trying to free the compressed air wand, the employee's right middle finger either got caught in the conveyor or caught by the compressed air wand, resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle finger. The injury occurred above the right knuckle and involved bone. The employee required surgery to reattach the finger.