Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Service Electric Company, Utility Right Of Way, FORT MEADE, FLORIDA 33841
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was working on a front end loader. The locking attachment pin struck the employee's left middle finger, which was later medically amputated.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
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