RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK—
Federal Aviation Administration
Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Federal Aviation Administration, 4205 Johnson Ave, RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK 11779 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was welding a muffler onto a backup generator and something got under his glove and into the skin on his right finger. The employee was hospitalized the next day for an infection.
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