Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fulton Thermal Corporation, 972 Centerville Road, PULASKI, NEW YORK 13142
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a drill press when their hand became caught in the drill and they sustained an amputation to the distal end of their right ring finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Stationary drills, milling machinery
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