Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Globus Medical Inc., 5335 Castoville Rd., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78227
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was processing donor tissue and contacted the bandsaw blade, resulting in lacerations to their right middle and index fingers.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Stationary saws band
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