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USPL Nutritionals, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — NORTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at USPL Nutritionals, LLC in NORTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY
Employer USPL Nutritionals, LLC Report ID 2019043796
Address 1300 Airport Road, Suite D City, State ZIP NORTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY 08902
Event Date April 12, 2019 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 325412 Inspection # 1394532
GPS Coordinates 40.46000, -74.48000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning a tablet compression machine when it started, catching the employee's fingers and causing an amputation to a finger.

Incident Summary

On April 12, 2019, a worker at USPL Nutritionals, LLC in NORTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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