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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017054268 · 5/10/2017 · Nova Bus Plattsburgh

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name
Nova Bus Plattsburgh
Location
260 Banker Way, PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK, 12901
NAICS
336999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a pneumatic nut runner (air ratchet) equipped with a long extension to bolt seat rails to a bus. The employee was wearing gloves at the time. She was holding the air ratchet overhead with her left hand near the rotating ratchet head when the ratchet head and extension caught her glove, wrapping it around her left pinky and partially de-gloving it. Her left pinky finger had to be partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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