ORLANDO, FLORIDA—
Swissport USA, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Swissport USA, Inc., 1 Jeff Fuqua Blvd., ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32827 on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was connecting two LD-3 containers on dollies. He was moving the rear dolly with his right hand on the dolly tongue and his left hand toward the front dolly's connection hitch when the rear dolly's ring impacted his left ring finger, fracturing it.
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