Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FLORIDA, LLC, 1232 South Dixie Highway SA Cutoff, STUART, FLORIDA 34994
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A employee sustained a laceration to the top of the left hand while washing out the hopper area of a mixer truck.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedNonclassifiable
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