CLEARWATER, FLORIDA—
Archer Western - De Moya JV II
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Archer Western - De Moya JV II, 4550 Ulmerton Rd., CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33762 on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the upper arm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was juking a pile of concrete when a triangle beam hit the top of the concrete pile, causing a section of the top edge to chip off, fall, and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left humerus and skin avulsion.
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An employee was working atop a horizontal whaler (steel I-beam) within a coffer cell approximately 12 feet from ground level. The employee was tied off to a cable lifeline above. When the crane hoisted the rigging out of the cell, one of the rigging hooks caught the whaler and broke the welds. This caused the whaler and the employee to fall. The employee struck the top of a concrete pile during the fall and sustained a fracture to his right acetabular bone (hip).
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Archer Western - De Moya JV II
An employee was waiting for a mechanic to gather tools needed to reeve a hoist cable through a single-sheave rope block. The block fell over, pushing the employee forward and causing him to fall. The block then landed on his left ankle/leg, breaking the ankle and the tibia.
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Archer Western-de Moya JV II
An employee was releasing a chain clamp on a two-way spreader used to lower a sheet pile when his finger was pinched between the chains and the sheet, resulting in a right index finger amputation.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA—
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An employee was operating a roller/compactor when he went down an uneven slope and jumped out of the vehicle. He stepped into a rut in the side of the slope and fractured his lower right leg/ankle.
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