Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, PO Box 10000, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA 32830
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee caught a finger in a sliding door and fractured it.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedEntrances and exits, unspecified
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