Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Bruises, contusions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Camfil USA, Inc, 1 North Corporate Drive, RIVERDALE, NEW JERSEY 07457
on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was threading media through the rollers of the pleater machine and got his left hand caught between two rollers in the machine. The employee was hospitalized for a hand contusion.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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