SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS·
Boston Gas Company DBA National Grid
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Boston Gas Company DBA National Grid, 28 Nichols Street, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 01970 on , Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
Upon completing the threading of a piece of 1 pipe an employee began to wrench on a 90-egree fitting using a pipe threading machine as a vise. The employee inadvertently stepped on the automatic pedal of the pipe threader, engaging the equipment while they were installing the fitting on the opposite end of the pipe. The employee s finger got caught between the wrench and the stabilizing bar, causing a fingertip amputation.
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