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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022032559 · 3/22/2022 · GE Transportation, a Wabtec Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
Secondary source
Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
GE Transportation, a Wabtec Company
Location
660 Barkeyville Road, GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16127
NAICS
336510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was installing a diffuser in a blower on a lift table. The lift table's shaft got stuck; the employee was checking the air system when the table released and moved, crushing the employee's right ring finger against the blower. The employee underwent a medical amputation to the finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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