Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, 5600 SAND LAKE ROAD, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32819
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On September 1, 2022, at approximately 2:10 p.m., an employee was testing the re-tooling on a metal CNC machine. As the employee grabbed the tool, it began to spin cutting flesh off the bottom portion of left ring finger and resulting in an avulsion that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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