Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wabtec US Rail, Inc., 1503 West main Street Ext., GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA 16127
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was working on a jacket line for power assemblies for engines when a slide stop would not retract. The injured employee and maintenance employees worked together to troubleshoot the issue. The injured employee was checking an air pressure switch on the machine when the hydraulic cylinder extended and crushed their right index finger against the jacket line, amputating the finger to the first knuckle.