Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. , 3 KILMER ROAD, EDISON, NEW JERSEY 08817
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was disassembling a metal workstation and caught a finger between metal bars resulting in a fractured and lacerated left index finger.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Scrap metal
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