Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Omega Plastics Corporation, Page and Schuyler Avenues - Building A, LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY 07071
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a piece of cardboard behind the draw rolls on a bag machine. The rolls caught and crushed the employee's right index finger. He was hospitalized and the finger was medically amputated.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Special process machinery, unspecified
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