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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2020010055 · 1/3/2020 · Thermo-Mechanical Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source
Cutting handtools-power not determined, unspecified

Employer

Name
Thermo-Mechanical Corporation
Location
429 Seabreeze Blv, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33316
NAICS
238220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was moving boxes and items out of the way at a client's location to gain access to an air conditioning unit when a paper cutting machine with a swing blade attachment fell and cut the employee's right index finger. He was hospitalized and had skin graft surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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