APOPKA, FLORIDA—
HUBBARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at HUBBARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Orlando Paving Compant, APOPKA, FLORIDA 32703 on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating an aerial lift to perform maintenance on a plant lime silo when he made contact with the silo support brace. During this contact, his right index finger was pinched between the top rail of the lift and the support brace, resulting in a laceration and break of the first knuckle.
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