105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

SUNRISE, FLORIDA—

Slate Solutions LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Slate Solutions LLC, 10301 NW 50TH ST., STE 101, SUNRISE, FLORIDA 33351 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

Final narrative

An employee was trimming material on a fabric cutting machine when the machine amputated her finger.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.

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