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Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries

1 hospitalization · 2025065435 · 6/7/2025 · United Parcel Service

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury
Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Conveyors belt, slot, chain
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
United Parcel Service
Location
700 Bradley hill road, BLAUVELT, NEW YORK, 10913
NAICS
492110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unloading packages on a conveyor belt. As the belt was entering a package car, her hand was caught between the bottom of the belt and the package car shelf. She suffered a dislocated thumb and a laceration on the hand running from the thumb to the beginning of the carpals.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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