JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA—
Superior Construction Company Southeast, LLC
Entangled in other object or equipment · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Superior Construction Company Southeast, LLC, Marrietta Rd and I-10, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32220 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Worker injured his left pinky and ring finger when his left hand, which was on the line, was pulled into the main hook lock during the untangling of a crane's lines.
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