TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA—
United Seating and Mobility, LLC
Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Amputations involving bone loss
Final narrative
An employee was working on the tilt actuator of a powered wheelchair in a customer's home. The bolt slipped out of the actuator and the seat assembly fell down onto his right thumb, amputating it at the base of the fingernail.
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