Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Terrapin Beer Company, 265 Newton Bridge Rd,, ATHENS, GEORGIA 30607
on , Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the thumb(s).
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Final narrative
A maintenance employee was rebuilding a pneumatic actuator valve. When he applied air pressure to the valve, it slipped out of his hands, causing the valve to close when it was not receiving the air pressure. The valve closed on his right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.