SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS·
Wheelabrator Saugus, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Wheelabrator Saugus, Inc., 100 Salem Turnpike, SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS 01906 on , Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a deflation fan, belt, and pulley. While working on the fan, the rotor in the fan unexpectedly began to spin due to the activation of a damper within the baghouse. The spinning of the fan caused a belt pulley to begin spinning, which made contact with the employee's hand, resulting in an amputation to the right middle fingertip.
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