Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Smithsonian Institution , Folk Life Festival, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20013
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a manual sign post driver to drive a sign post into the ground when his left hand slipped off the handle and his left ring finger became caught between the sign post and the post driver.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedStriking and nailing handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
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