Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Boldt Company, 215 CR 216, PALATKA, FLORIDA 32177
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On October 14, 2019, an employee was placing a wire rope choker around a pedestal that was going to be moved by an all-terrain forklift when his hand was pinched between a piece of rigging (wire rope choker) and the load that was to be moved. He was hospitalized with fractures to three of his fingers and a laceration to the palm of his left hand.
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An employee was setting up the table saw to perform dado cuts on a door. The material kicked back and the employee's right hand was pulled into the blade. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on his index finger, middle finger, and thumb.
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