LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA—
Walt Disney World
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Walt Disney World, 251 South Studio Dr, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA 32830 on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was pushing a cart when the brake part slid back onto his middle finger pinching it between the cart and the brake part. The finger was fractured and required surgery.
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