Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Florida Hospital, 3100 E Fletcher Ave., TAMPA, FLORIDA 33613
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was closing a door to a Pyxis medication holder when she jammed her finger, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was stocking cleaning carts in a supply storage area when some boxes fell off a shelf and struck her head and left shoulder, fracturing her neck.
An employee was walking away and was called by another employee. As she turned, she twisted her right leg causing her to fall and sprain or strain the right ankle.
An employee lost his balance while working from an eight foot ladder. The employee was about to fall and jumped off the ladder instead, breaking both legs.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.