DORAL, FLORIDA—
Doral Acura
Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was lifting a vehicle to work on it. When he went to adjust one of the arms of the lift, his right index finger became caught between the vehicle and the lift. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.
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