Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Shop Rite, 153 Route 94S, WARWICK, NEW YORK 10990
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a peanut butter churner when her finger wrapped around the auger and broke. She was hospitalized and had surgery.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
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