Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fieldbrook Foods, Corp., One Ice Cream Drive, DUNKIRK, NEW YORK 14048
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was operating the Greer #3 machine and caught his right hand between the rake arm and the machine frame. The employee's right hand was crushed resulting in the amputation of the index finger.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
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