FLAGLER, COLORADO·
21st Century Equipment Corporate Support Center
Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at 21st Century Equipment Corporate Support Center, 4707 CO Rd V, FLAGLER, COLORADO 80815 on , Fractures and surface, flesh wounds, affecting the thumb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unscrewing the accumulator from an agricultural tractor. When he released the line during disassembly, it sprung apart and crushed his thumb. In addition, oil that was under pressure in the line shot underneath the skin of his thumb, resulting in right thumb lacerations and fractures, as well as oil injected under the skin.
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