MIAMI, FLORIDA—
Downrite Engineering Corp.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Downrite Engineering Corp., Northbound Turpike & SW 40th Street (Bird Rd), MIAMI, FLORIDA 33165 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was repairing a dump truck on the side of the road when his finger was caught in the pulley and belt of a compressor. He suffered a partial amputation of the left ring finger at the tip, after the nail.
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An employee was releasing a chain to open the rear flap of a dump truck when three of their fingers got caught between the chain and the truck, resulting in crush injuries.
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On April 6, 2022, an employee was crossing a new road in a vibratory roller to compact the material on the new road when the roller fell off the road and into an adjacent canal. The employee suffered back pain and a laceration to his inner left thigh.
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A front-end loader had been flipped over upright, and employees were getting ready to unload its bucket. When pressure on the hydraulic lines was released, the bucket lowered quickly and crushed an employee who had walked beneath it. The employee suffered three broken upper-back vertebrae and a punctured lung.
MIAMI, FLORIDA—
DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.
An employee was dislodging a rock from the conveyor belt of the rock crusher using a piece of rebar/pipe when the employee's right hand slid into a pinch point between the frame of the equipment and the rebar resulting in a partial amputation of the right index fingertip.
MEDLEY, FLORIDA—
DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.
On February 7, 2019, a dump truck an employee was driving broke down and was placed on a flatbed. The dump truck driver climbed onto the flatbed and inside the truck cab to retrieve his lunch box and upon climbing down he fell to the ground below and struck his head. The employee was hospitalized for a head laceration requiring stitches.
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