Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Steinway & Sons, One Steinway Place, LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK 11105
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a wood stripping machine when they suffered a partial finger amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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