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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017043744 · 4/26/2017 · Chemaid Laboratories Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name
Chemaid Laboratories Inc
Location
100 Mayhill Street, SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY, 07663
NAICS
325620
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was leaning on a unguarded conveyor belt of a packaging machine when a finger on her left hand became caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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