Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at US Contracting, LLC, 8985 Tamiami Trail N, NAPLES, FLORIDA 34108
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a saw when he cut off a portion of his thumb. He was hospitalized and it was reattached.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Saws except chainsaws
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An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
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