Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Baxter Health Care Corporation, 7020 108th Street, FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK 11375
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
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