Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Yellowstone Landscape Southeast, LLC, 3793 NE Ocean Blvd, JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA 34957
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was trimming a hedge with a powered hedge trimmer. The trimmer became stuck in the hedge. While the employee was trying to remove it, its shears lacerated the employee's right hand across the palm and amputated the last quarter inch of the little finger.
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An employee was riding in an air-conditioned pickup truck to another jobsite when he felt dizzy. He was hospitalized due to dehydration and heat exhaustion.
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