Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at 13th Avenue Fish Market, 360 Crystal Run Rd., MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK 10941
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a machine when her left index finger became caught in the machine and was amputated.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Special process machinery, unspecified
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