Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc., 124 Laurel Avenue, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 15906
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was stringing steel through a machine die. After attaching the puller to the wire, the employee used his thumb to apply pressure to the wire before jogging the machine. His finger was pinched between the turning block and the puller, resulting in a left index finger amputation at the first knuckle.
AmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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