Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. SUGAR CORP., Section 20, Knight Managment Farm, 1.2 miles south of CR 880 Browns Farm Road TECH OPS, BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA 33430
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting the flat scratcher of a sweep cultivator when the metal tube of the scratcher slid down and caught the tip of the employee's left thumb between the pipe and C-clamp. The employee sustained a left thumb tip amputation.
HospitalizedAmputationFingertip(s)Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
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