Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at STRONG FORGE & FABRICATION, 20 Liberty Street, BATAVIA, NEW YORK 14020
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a horizontal broaching machine to cut two metal parts when his index finger was caught between the two parts, resulting in an amputation between the first and second knuckle.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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