Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BRETON INDUSTRIES, INC., ONE SAM STRATTON ROAD, AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK 12010
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a machine that punches holes into canvas material when her right hand went under the guard and the machine operated. Her right middle fingertip and ring fingernail were amputated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
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