FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS—
MCKESSON CORPORATION
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at MCKESSON CORPORATION, 277 Pleasant Street, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS 02720 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was pushing a four wheeled dolly and pinched his finger between the dolly and a door frame resulting in a left hand ring finger amputation.
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