JUPITER, FLORIDA—
Florida Power and Light
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Florida Power and Light, Pratt and Whitney Across, JUPITER, FLORIDA 33478 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was moving a crane and outriggers when his middle finger was pinched between the lip of an outrigger and the crane, resulting in a partial amputation.
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