Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc., 255 South Street, POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 19464
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was disassembling duct work on a press when the blades of the grinder/chopper partially amputated three of his left-hand fingers.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
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