Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ES Manufacturing, 4590 62nd Avenue N, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA 33713
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading an aluminum bar into a machine from behind when his right hand was punctured by the bar.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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