Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at C&S Wholesale Grocers, 1500 Corporate Blvd, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK 12550
on — Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a charging pad for robotic machines, which was in a confined space. As the employee was exiting the charging pad, he placed his right arm and hand outside the charging pad area to push off. Another machine then crushed his right hand and lacerated his arm.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedMachinery, unspecified
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