Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Boat House of Port Charlotte, 4295 Laura Street, PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA 33981
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was assembling countertops when a router slipped and cut his thumb, hitting an artery. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedRouters and molders-powered
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