Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Green Valley Onion Co., Inc., 310 County Route 12, NEW HAMPTON, NEW YORK 10958
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a jam in the fertilizer drill hose. The machine was activated and the door on the fertilizer drill amputated their right middle fingertip. The fingertip required surgery.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Spreaders, sprayers, application equipment
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