Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Poly Films, Inc., 1910 N. Sooner Rd., OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73141
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the forearm(s).
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Final narrative
A temporary employee was cutting open cardboard boxes with a box cutter and cut his lower left arm. The employee was admitted to the hospital due to a deep laceration to the venous artery.
HospitalizedForearm(s)Box cutters and razor knives
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