Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gray Metal Products Inc., 495 Rochester Street, AVON, NEW YORK 14414
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was cutting sheet metal on the line when two right fingertips were amputated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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