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Amputations
1 amputation · 2019043936 · 4/17/2019 · Syracuse University
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
Employer
- Name
- Syracuse University
- Location
- 111 College Place, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13209
- NAICS
- 611310
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was changing transmission belts on a 40-hp cooling tower fan, when the fan turned on and amputated the left index finger.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown