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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

MONTROSE, NEW YORK—

Department of Veterans Affairs, Hudson Valley Health Care System, FDR Campus

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Department of Veterans Affairs, Hudson Valley Health Care System, FDR Campus, 2094 Albany Post Rd, MONTROSE, NEW YORK 10548 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s) and wrist(s).

Final narrative

An employee was using a handheld grinder to grind bolts off of a water shut-off valve when the grinder kicked back and contacted his right hand and wrist, resulting in lacerations.

Hospitalized Hand(s) and wrist(s) Hand grinders-powered

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