Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wegmans Food Market, 55 US 9, MANALAPAN, NEW JERSEY 07726
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a pizza roller machine when his right hand was pulled into the dough roller, causing a hairline fracture to his middle finger and contusions to the other fingers. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
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