Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Steak N Shake, 2820 E. Colonial Dr., ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32803
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee installing a hose to an HVAC system and was hospitalized for lacerations to three fingers on his right hand after being struck by the fan blades when the equipment turned on.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedHeating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
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