Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Yellowstone Landscape - Southeast, LLC, Edmondson Road, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34241
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was reversing a mower when his right middle fingertip was pinched/amputated between the roll bar and a retention wire on a utility pole.
AmputationFingertip(s)Lawn mowers-riding
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