Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mister Car Wash, 6001 82nd Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79424
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the lower extremities, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was performing daily functions when his foot or leg became caught in a car wash tunnel conveyor.
HospitalizedLower extremities, unspecifiedCar or vehicle washing machinery
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