DELAND, FLORIDA—
Alcom, LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Alcom, LLC, 2526 West NY Avenue, DELAND, FLORIDA 32720 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was moving a trailer in a yard. The trailer bumped into an empty argon cylinder; as the employee attempted to prevent the cylinder from falling, his right hand was caught between the cylinder and trailer. His index finger was amputated.
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