Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Splash Products, Inc., 95 Fitchburg Road, AYER, MASSACHUSETTS 01432
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A temporary employee was performing maintenance on a machine when his index finger was caught and partially amputated.
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