Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pexco LLC, 764 South Athol Road, ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS 01331
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
A maintenance employee was performing maintenance on a cutter machine, replacing the drive gear and motor belt. As the employee was adjusting the belt, the machine cycled and rotated the flywheel. Two bolts on the side of the flywheel caught the employee's right hand, crushing and lacerating the index fingertip and damaging the middle fingernail. The right index fingertip was surgically amputated just below the fingernail.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.