Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Inc., 2121 NW 21 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33142
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was spreading fabric on a spreading table and sustained a partial amputation to the left thumb just above the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedTextile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
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