KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA·
Fiber & Cable Specialists, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Fiber & Cable Specialists, Inc., 1 Nolte Drive, KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA 16201 on , Fractures and surface, flesh wounds , affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a mini excavator and had the bucket down with one side of the track elevated for the injured employee to loosen dirt on the track. While the excavator operator was spinning the track to remove dirt, the injured employee went to grab a rock and their hand was pulled into and ran through a sprocket. The employee sustained fractures and lacerations to their right hand.
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