ORLANDO, FLORIDA—
Coastal Mechanical Services LLC
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Coastal Mechanical Services LLC, 601 E Rollins Street, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32803 on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was throwing a 4-inch cast iron pipe into a garbage dumpster. The dumpster was full and the pipe came back and smashed his left hand ring finger. He was hospitalized for a severed tendon in the finger.
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An employee was on a ladder trying to make a pipe connection involving a suspended pipe. The hanger holding the pipe failed; the pipe fell and hit the ladder, which caused the employee to fall to the floor. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.
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An employee was installing shelving. As they were sliding a metal pipe into the wooden shelving unit, the employee's hand was caught between the shelf support and the end of the pipe, resulting in a right index and middle finger fracture.
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An employee was lifting a handling unit with a Johnson bar when the employee slipped and sustained a left tibia fracture.
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An employee was assembling a gantry crane. The employee placed his left middle finger in a hole of the steel frame of the leg base when a co-worker lifted the attached leg assembly, which caught the employee's finger and resulted in a fingertip amputation and the loss of the fingernail.
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