Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kohls, 2019 N I35 E., DESOTO, TEXAS 75115
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was straightening boxes. The employee's left-hand fingers were caught and injured in a conveyor belt.
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