Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CARMAX AUTO SUPERSTORES, INC., 6375 S. SEMORAN BLVD., ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32822
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working on engine mounts when the jack slipped and the engine fell on the employee's left hand, amputating the pinky fingertip.
An employee was unloading and loading cars from a hydraulic trailer on a car-hauling truck. As he moved a ramp down, his left index finger got caught between the ramp and a rail, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
A deck on a car hauler trailer was being raised. An employee's left little finger was caught in a hole, part of the locking mechanism to hold the deck in place. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was unloading vehicles from a car carrier. As he was releasing one of the chains that held a car down, the car rolled backward and the chain caught his glove. His left hand was pinned between the chain and the aluminum deck, and the index finger was injured. He was hospitalized and the finger was medically amputated above the knuckle.
An employee was walking down a wet metal ramp while loading a car onto a car carrier when the employee slipped and fell, hitting the concrete and breaking the left leg.
An employee was moving a piece of an I-beam for welding when it rolled off the cribbing. The employee went to catch it when it fell and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.
The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.
Employees were moving a single man lift into a building and reclining the lift to position it to fit through the door. The lift shifted and fell, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
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