JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA—
AECOM
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at AECOM, 30 Yorktown Ave, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32212 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While disconnecting the chain from the connecting point of the hangar door, the employee's left pinky got caught between the chain and the door. The tip of the pinky and the top part of the nail came off.
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