Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Academy Bank, 3201 East Platte Avenue, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80909
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
A bank employee was accessing her teller drawer from the vault when the vault door began to close. She attempted to hold it open with her left hand and the door closed on her left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Doors, except garage and vehicle
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