Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nature's Bounty, 105 Orville Drive, BOHEMIA, NEW YORK 11716
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was installing a turret wheel on a tablet machine. When the employee was moving the machine into position, it activated and a punch came down on his right ring finger. The fingernail was partially removed, with no loss of bone.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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