Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NAVFACSYSCOM Public Works Department Norfolk, 9742 Maryland Avenue, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23511
on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was conducting periodic maintenance on an air-handling unit. The employee was checking the tension when the drive belt spun and caught his gloved hand, pulling it into a pulley. The employee's ring fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
AmputationFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery n.e.c.