Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New England Confectionery Company, Inc., 135 AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY, REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS 02151
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning an extruder and amputated the left middle fingertip.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
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