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Hospital Central Services

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Hospital Central Services in ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Hospital Central Services Report ID 20231110577
Address 2139 28th Street Southwest City, State ZIP ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18103
Event Date November 16, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 812332 Inspection # 1713867
GPS Coordinates 40.56000, -75.48000

Incident Narrative

An employee was checking the torque limiter on the sprocket of a battery-powered walk-behind floor scrubber when the chain caught his finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On November 16, 2023, a worker at Hospital Central Services in ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c. 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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