Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe | Houston, 600 Margaritaville, MONTGOMERY, TEXAS 77356
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was attaching a blower part to a mower on a golf course when their fingers got caught by a motor pulley. The employee sustained amputations.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Mowing and brush removal machinery unspecified
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