PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA—
Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC
Entangled in other object or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC, 9675 Range Line Rd, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA 34987 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a bucket truck when his right hand became caught in some rope, causing amputations to three fingers down to the first knuckle.
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An employee was trying to clean the conveyor belt when his right hand was caught by the conveyor, amputating his ring fingertip.
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