Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at MasTec Advanced Technologies, 354 Emory Drive, DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA 32118
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was dismounting a TV from a wall mount at a customer's residence when his left hand was lacerated by the TV and/or the bracket on the wall. The employee required surgery.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedNonclassifiable
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