Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc., Oak Street, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA 34741
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was helping to break up concrete slabs when the employee's right pinky finger was caught and amputated between two pieces of concrete.
An employee was cutting sanitary pipe when he began to feel overheated and experience a headache and difficulty breathing. He then sat in the air conditioned work truck to cool down until he returned to work. The employee was carrying tools when symptoms reoccurred and he began to experience muscle cramping, resulting in hospitalization for heat illness.
Employees were installing an intermediate driveshaft in the driveline of a dump truck. One employee went under the truck to visually observe the yoke and their left thumb was crushed/lacerated in a pinch point between the universal joint cap and the yoke.
An employee was utilizing a battery-operated circular saw to cut a 6-inch back-form board when the saw blade struck their left hand, resulting in lacerations to the middle and ring fingers.
A crew was rigging an RCP pipe to be lifted by a backhoe. The injured employee signaled for the operator to lower the pipe. He was adjusting the choker cable on the pipe when the pipe was lifted again. His left index and middle fingers were then crushed between the cable and the pipe, resulting in fingertip amputations.
An employee was preparing to connect storm pipe to a structure. The employee went to connect the choker cable to the excavator bucket and the pipe slipped and struck them. The employee sustained a crush injury to the left foot that involved multiple fractures.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 237310)
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.
An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
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.