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El Paso Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — EL PASO, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at El Paso Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System in EL PASO, TEXAS
Employer El Paso Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System Report ID 2017043605
Address 5001 N. Piedras, 4th Floor Mechanical Room (C412) City, State ZIP EL PASO, TEXAS 79930
Event Date April 23, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 622110 Inspection # 1229013
GPS Coordinates 31.82000, -106.46000

Incident Narrative

An employee responded to an alarm in the mechanical room. He noticed a loose belt flapping and turned off the motor to adjust the belt on the air handler. When he went to inspect the belt, his finger was caught between the spinning belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On April 23, 2017, a worker at El Paso Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System in EL PASO, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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