Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group Inc
Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group Inc, 25 Dewberry Ln, CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK 14227
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Winders, unwinders
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