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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021021550 · 2/20/2021 · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Location
13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33612
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were conducting preventative maintenance on multiple air handling units. One employee was greasing the motor and fan bearings inside the end of a unit when his left pinky finger was caught and pinched between the belt and pulley resulting in a partial amputation of the distal phalanx.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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