Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Diversified Control, Inc., 3333 California Road, ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK 14127
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee reached into a press machine and suffered an amputation injury to the index finger.
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