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Crushing injuries
1 hospitalization · 2015118778 · 11/19/2015 · United Airlines, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Crushing injuries
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Metalworking lathes
Employer
- Name
- United Airlines, Inc.
- Location
- 100 Brewster Rd, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07188
- NAICS
- 481111
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was polishing a four inch bar in a lathe. The soft emery paper got caught around the rotating bar and crushed the employee's fingers.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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