Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Comar LLC, 141 North 5th St., SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY 07663
on — Fractures , affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
On October 14, 2025, an employee was on a step platform showing another employee the support bracket for a blow pin assembly on a blow molding machine that needed repaired. The blow pin assembly came up and pinched the injured employee's right middle finger, resulting in a broken finger and a laceration to the top of the hand.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
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