Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC., 2700 NW 19th Street, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA 33069
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was lowering the safety guard of a mixer with his right hand and pushing ingredients inside the mixer with his left hand when his left hand was caught and fractured between the mixer and the safety guard.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedMixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
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