Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Metz Culinary Management, LLC, 1540 Northgate Blvd, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34234
on — Fractures , affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was closing the electric lift gate on his delivery truck and and caught his left middle finger in a pinch point on the lift gate, resulting in an open fracture of the fingertip.
Hospitalized Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Straight trucks, box trucks
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