Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, 1220 Seven Seas Dr, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA 32830
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was closing a ferry pilot house door. The door caught the employee's right little finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Motorboat, motorized yacht
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