Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dr. Praeger's Purely Sensible Foods, Inc., 9 Boumar Place, ELMWOOD PARK, NEW JERSEY 07407
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a mixing machine when they sustained an amputation to their right ring finger behind the nail bed.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
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