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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019032714 · 3/14/2019 · Retail Distribution East LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Conveyors-belt
Secondary source
Wrenches-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Retail Distribution East LLC
Location
600 Oadkridge Road, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS
493110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a motorized boom conveyor used to load trailers. The employee used an open end wrench as a pry tool in an attempt to correct the tracking of the conveyor belt near the end pulley. When the unit was actuated to start to the re-track process, the wrench moved and pinched the employee's right pinky finger against a hard metal surface, amputating the finger from the first joint.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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