EL PASO, TEXAS·
El Paso Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at El Paso Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System, 5001 N. Piedras, EL PASO, TEXAS 79930 on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee responded to an alarm in the mechanical room. He noticed a loose belt flapping and turned off the motor to adjust the belt on the air handler. When he went to inspect the belt, his finger was caught between the spinning belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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