Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dept of Veterans Affairs, 800 Zorn Avenue, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40206
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was recording data from a motor. He stepped into a hole, causing him to place his hand into the equipment that was still moving after the motor was shut off. The employee's hand was caught in the fan motor belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of his right index finger, including the loss of bone.