Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pratt, 4435B Victory Blvd, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK 10314
on — Fractures and dislocations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was running a load former when the load starting tipping. He was trying to stop it from tipping when the load former's cookie sheet fractured and dislocated a bone in his right hand.
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