Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lincoln Electric Company, 22801 St. Clair Ave., CLEVELAND, OHIO 44117
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was working in Department 24 at the "B" line boxing station. Welding rods were moving on the indexing cooling conveyor that carries them from the furnace. The employee was assisting the movement of the rods along the conveyor with his left hand when his right thumb was caught in a pinch point in the conveyor resulting in a fingertip amputation.