Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CiboVita Inc., 25 Madison rd, TOTOWA, NEW JERSEY 07512
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a mixing machine with an air hose. Blades in the machine amputated two fingers on his right hand. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
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