Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Agora Sales, Inc., 2101 28th Street North, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA 33713
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was placing snaps and positioning webbing material into the snapping machine. The machine was activated via the foot pedal while the employee's index finger was in the point of operation. As a result, he suffered a fracture to his finger.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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