DSC Dredge, LLC
2025-08-26 · RESERVE, LOUISIANA
Final narrative
An employee was working to line up a hydraulic tank as it was moved into place. The employee's right index finger was crushed between the tank and its resting place, and the employee suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.
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