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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
Employer U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Report ID 20161110986
Address 4025 W RENO City, State ZIP OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73125
Event Date November 22, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 491110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.46000, -97.58000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working with replacement belts when the belts tightened around his right-hand middle finger, partially amputating his fingertip. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On November 22, 2016, a worker at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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