Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, 5840 Borden Ave, MASPETH, NEW YORK 11378
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), except finger(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a lift gate control to lower a dock plate when the dock plate lacerated his left hand along the outer edge of his palm below the pinky.
HospitalizedHand(s), except finger(s)Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
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