Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quantem Aviation Services, LLC, 9597 Benford Rd, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32827
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a transferring container out from an air loader to a dolly to roll the container into a warehouse. She started to lift the lock on the dolly and was trying to secure the container to the dolly when her right hand was crushed between the dolly and the container. Her ring and middle fingers were crushed, requiring surgery.
An employee was connecting a transportation dolly to three other dollies to make a train of four dollies. The tongue of a dolly went under another dolly. The employee's fingers remained on the handle and the dolly continued forward. The employee's middle finger was caught between the handle and the connecting pin guard resulting in amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was on the tarmac on a deck loader when they began to feel faint, dizzy, and incoherent, resulting in hospitalization for a heat-related illness.
An employee was unloading cargo containers off an airplane when an airline shipping container began to roll off the platform. As he attempted to stop it, the container struck his right arm and pinned it against another container. His right arm broke, requiring hospitalization.
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.
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