Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FirstService Residential, Inc., Dimucci Twin Towers, DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA 32114
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was rolling a dumpster to the loading dock for collection when his right hand was caught and fractured between the roll-off dumpster and a concrete wall.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedTanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
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