Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cape Leisure Weeki Wachee, LLC, 6131 Commercial Way, WEEKI WACHEE, FLORIDA 34606
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a golf cart through a gate and used her left arm to push the gate open. Her arm became caught between the golf cart bar and the gate, breaking it.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedGolf cart, personnel transport cart
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