WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO—
Vortex Companies LLC.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee was sealing the inside of a manhole sleeve that had just been installed. Two fingers on their right hand were caught between two pieces of the concrete manhole structure and the employee sustained an amputation.
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