Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferrellgas, 300 County Road 448, TAVARES, FLORIDA 32778
on , Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was monitoring a palletizer machine that stacks propane tanks when their shirt blew into the grippers on the palletizer. The employee used his right hand to brace himself and his hand was caught between the gripper and a propane tank resulting in a fracture, laceration and tendon injury to the right hand.