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Amputations
1 amputation · 2018043459 · 4/10/2018 · Gaeta Recycling Co., Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- Source
- Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
Employer
- Name
- Gaeta Recycling Co., Inc.
- Location
- Sherwood Palce, FRANKLIN LAKES, NEW JERSEY, 07417
- NAICS
- 562111
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was putting vegetation into a hopper when two of his left-hand fingers were amputated by the hopper blade roller.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown