Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GREEN LIGHT ENVELOPE PRINTING LLC, 325 MARCUS BLVD., DEER PARK, NEW YORK 11729
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee amputated part of his finger while operating an envelope-printing machine.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Printing machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
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