Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc., 4300 Alton Road, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33140
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was monitoring patients when a patient slammed a door on the employee's finger. The employee sustained an open fracture of the tuft of their finger and a partial amputation.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Patient
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