Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BJ's Wholesale Club, 70 Cluff Road, SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03079
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was preparing a tire rim clamp machine to accept a tire when the bead brake on the machine caught one of his left-hand fingers, resulting in an amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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