GRAPEVINE, TEXAS—
Waterview Marinas
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Waterview Marinas, Silverlake Marina, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS 76051 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was assembling and installing a boat lift. As he was aligning bolt holes in two of the lift's metal pieces, the pieces shifted, caught his fingertip, and amputated it.
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