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Hoffman Car Wash

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Hoffman Car Wash in SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
Employer Hoffman Car Wash Report ID 2019099318
Address 5 Lowes Dr. City, State ZIP SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK 12866
Event Date September 7, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Car or vehicle washing machinery
Industry (NAICS) 811192 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.10000, -73.74000

Incident Narrative

While performing maintenance on the tire shine machine, an employee sustained amputation of their left ring fingertip.

Incident Summary

On September 7, 2019, a worker at Hoffman Car Wash in SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with car or vehicle washing machinery 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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