Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jako Enterprises LLC, 3710 US 9, FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY 07728
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's finger was caught in shelving and was hospitalized after sustaining a partial finger amputation.
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