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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
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