Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CONTRACT PHARMACAL CORPORATION, 150 COMMERCE DRIVE, HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK 11788
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was running a pharmaceutical encapsulation machine. He went to push powder further down into the hopper and the machine's auger struck a fingertip on his right hand, resulting in amputation.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, n.e.c.
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