OSHA Injury Report: ZEPHYRHILLS_1388586

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

cutting Red Plum Straps

What happened

[REDACTED] was at her first stop so she grabbed her safety cutter so she could unstrap her first bundle of red plum. She 's not exactly sure how she did it but it looks like as she tried to drag the cutter down through the band her left hand she held the cutter with her right hand got into the path of the blade and the cutter sliced a piece of her skin off and cut into her left thumb. She went to the Advent Health Wesley [REDACTED] Emergency [REDACTED] where the wound was cleaned and dressed and was told that she needs the wound dressed for 4 days and she cannot take it off until [REDACTED].

Injury or illness

Thumb-Left- Wounding

Object or substance involved

blade from box safety cutter

Summary line

Left thumb laceration while using safety cutter to cut Red Plum straps.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.