Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rightway Labor Service, inc, 5117 US Highway 27, BRANFORD, FLORIDA 32008
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On October 20, 2017, an employee was cleaning near conveyor belts when his right arm was caught in a rotating pulley assembly, lacerating and tearing the skin from his right arm. He was hospitalized and received stitches.
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An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.
An employee was grabbing a pallet to repair when more pallet stacks were pushed toward him on a roller conveyor. His right index fingertip was caught between pallets, resulting in a crush injury and a partial fingertip amputation.
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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.