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Amputations
1 amputation · 2021021079 · 2/5/2021 · Comfort Systems USA
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, unspecified
- Source
- Furnaces, heaters
- Secondary source
- Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Employer
- Name
- Comfort Systems USA
- Location
- 210 S Broadway Street, MEDINA, OHIO, 44256
- NAICS
- 238220
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was working on a rooftop heater when the v-belt pulley pulled the employee's glove inward, resulting in the amputation of his thumb.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown