Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Window & Door Manufacturing, Inc., 24-36 Fadem Rd., SPRINGFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07081
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing glass from the table of an automated glass cutter when his hand got caught in the gear/wheel. The employee suffered a laceration to his left index fingertip that resulted in a fingertip amputation. The machine was running at the time.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Other metal, wood, and special material machinery n.e.c.
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