Water vehicle incident, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ACS Docks Inc., 3782 Meadowview Drive, FARMINGTON, NEW YORK 14425
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a dock with another employee when his hand was caught between the dock board and a pipe, incurring severe lacerations that required hospitalization and surgery.
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