Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Carvana, 1123 Cantrell Samson Road, BLUE MOUND, TEXAS 76131
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee in an inspection line was taking off a steering wheel cover using a pocket knife when he suffered a cut to the arm that included an artery.
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