ORLANDO, FLORIDA—
SGL Constructors
Fall, slip, trip, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SGL Constructors, I-4 Ultimate Project, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32801 on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was walking across stored rebar on the ground to access some framework angle iron. He retrieved a piece of angle iron and was returning back across the rebar, when he slipped and fell. The band of rebar that was being carried in his right hand came down on his left ring finger causing an open fracture which required surgery.
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