Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at COCA-COLA BEVERAGES FLORIDA, LLC, 3501 S Florida Ave, LAKELAND, FLORIDA 33803
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was trying to free a dock plate when his right hand was caught between the surface and the dock plate. The top of the hand was lacerated and the little, ring, and middle fingers were broken.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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