Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GL Staffing Services, Inc., 1441 W Newport Center Drive, DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA 33442
on — Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
A temporary employee was operating a mixing machine and removing the product when his left hand became caught in the mixer blade. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the fingers of his left hand.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Machinery unspecified
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