Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Reilly Foam Corporation, 3896 Westroads Drive, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33407
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a dust extraction unit with an air hose and sustained lacerations and fractures to multiple digits. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery, including a mid-phalange amputation of his left middle finger and a partial amputation of his left ring finger.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Industrial vacuums
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