Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at A. ZEREGA'S SONS, INC., 20-01 Broadway, FAIR LAWN, NEW JERSEY 07410
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning accumulated pasta from a jammed regrind machine. The employee's right ring fingertip was caught in the machine and was amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Food and beverage processing machinery unspecified
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