Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Research Foundation for SUNY, 257 Fuller Rd., ALBANY, NEW YORK 12203
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was replacing a membrane in the reverse osmosis system and partially amputated two fingers.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedWashers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
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