Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CSL Plasma, 2650 North Ave, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was storing away a hospital bed in a warehouse when the bed collapsed and his left little finger got caught in the metal frame, resulting in a laceration to the fingertip that required hospitalization and a surgical amputation.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Medical beds, stretchers, cots
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