Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at A. J. Oster, LLC, 457 Warwick Industrial Drive, WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND 02886
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was engaging in metal-working operations, handling a large coil of metal. A hydraulic holding bar came down to secure the coil prior to the machine performing its work. The metal holder came down onto his right thumb, causing a broken bone and laceration to the right thumb.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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