Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Universal Television,LLC., 159 Alexander St , YONKERS, NEW YORK 10701
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), except finger(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a router on a wooden door in a construction shop when the router moved unexpectedly, making contact with the employee's left hand and lacerating it below the thumb.
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