Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ring Power Corporation, 10421 Fern Hill Dr., RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA 33578
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was lowering a cab onto a dump truck using an overhead crane when he lost his footing and accidentally hit a button on the overhead crane, causing the crane to hoist the cab with his finger stuck in it. His finger broke.
After repairing a piece of industrial equipment, an employee had brake-cleaning liquid on his gloves. A lighter ignited the liquid, and the employee's hands were severely burned.
On July 8, 2023, in the enclosure shop, an employee and two co-workers were setting a metal sheet onto the manually-operated lifting rail. As they tilted the lifting rail so that the metal sheet would move to the outside yard, the injured employee's right hand was caught between two moving parts of the lifting rail. His right middle finger was amputated at the distal joint and his right ring finger was lacerated.
On June 15, 2023, an employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, installing a receptacle for a flat-screen television in an office. As he descended the ladder to retrieve a tool, he fell to the floor and sustained fractures to the right forearm/wrist.
On January 27, 2023, an employee was taking the trash out to the dumpster located outside at the back of the building when she tripped and fell over the wheel blocks of the dumpster and onto the asphalt pavement. She sustained a left compound wrist fracture that required hospitalization.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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