Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hazeltine Nurseries, INC, 1158 Kingsway Drive, NOKOMIS, FLORIDA 34275
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attaching chains to a skid steer and a trailer. The chains tightened and the employee's right hand got pinched by a chain. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
HospitalizedAmputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
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