MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS—
Gotham Ink Corporation
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Gotham Ink Corporation, 255 East Main Street, MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS 01752 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was investigating an unknown noise in a laboratory jar roller machine when his right index fingertip was caught in the machine's drive chain.
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