Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Melbourne Regional Medical Center, 250 N. Wickham Rd., MELBOURNE, FLORIDA 32935
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On February 23, 2021, an employee was making a key in a plant's operations department. The key machine lacerated his right thumb. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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