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Pharmasol

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Amputations — SOUTH EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Pharmasol in SOUTH EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Pharmasol Report ID 2015053256
Address 1 Norfolk Avenue City, State ZIP SOUTH EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02375
Event Date May 28, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 339999 Inspection # 1066677
GPS Coordinates 42.05000, -71.07000

Incident Narrative

An employee had a finger amputation while being trained to run a gas house piston.

Incident Summary

On May 28, 2015, a worker at Pharmasol in SOUTH EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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