Struck by door, gate, window · Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ConAgra Brands, Inc., 4735 Florence Street, DENVER, COLORADO 80238
on — Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was exiting a room and caught her right thumb in the hinged side of the door, resulting in amputation of approximately two centimeters of her thumb tip.
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