Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Benevento Concrete Corp., 64 Grove St, REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS 02151
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was installing chutes on a cement mixer when their gloved left hand was caught in the pinch point causing the chute to land and crush his fingers. The employee was hospitalized for partially severed index and middle fingers and broken bones.
Hospitalized Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified Vehicle and machine attachments n.e.c.
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