Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Perryman Company, 213 Vandale Drive, HOUSTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15342
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was setting up on block one when his left-hand middle and ring fingers got crushed by a cylinder.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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