Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Flavio Salazar Masonry, 380 Green Oak Dr., ROSWELL, GEORGIA 30075
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the concrete mixer with a stick when he lost his balance. He dropped the stick and tried to grab hold of something. His hand went into the open lid of the mixer, lacerating the first three fingers on his right hand.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedAgitators, mixers-earth, mineral
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