Valcourt Exterior Building Services of Pensacola, LLC
Entangled in non-running object · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Valcourt Exterior Building Services of Pensacola, LLC, 874 Venus Court, FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA 32547
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
Three employees were pulling tension cable (similar to rebar) through the walls of a condo using a motor system. Two employees were needed to hold the cable while the third employee drilled the mounting locations. When the third employee activated the drill, the cables twisted. They caught the right index finger of one of the other two employees, amputating his fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Wire, cables nonelectrified
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