Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Piping Rock Health Products, Inc., 298 Adams Blvd., FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK 11735
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning an inspection machine when their middle fingertip was caught between the chain and sprocket and amputated.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Other product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery
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