Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Palmetto Valley, 2260 Sears Rd, LABELLE, FLORIDA 33935
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting a rubber drive band on a tractor when the band shifted and pinched their finger against a rotating part. The top of the finger was amputated.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Agricultural tractors
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