BUCHANAN, NEW YORK—
Entergy Corporation
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Entergy Corporation, 450 Broadway, BUCHANAN, NEW YORK 10511 on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was moving a drum barrel from a pallet with his hands when the barrel tilted coming off the pallet, pinching and crushing his finger between the barrel and the wall.
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