Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Express Employment Professionals, 14201 Jetport Loop W, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA 33913
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was inspecting pieces as they came out of a machine. He went to pull apart the pieces. The punch came down and injured his fingers, resulting in amputations to his pinky finger as well as his middle and ring fingertips.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
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At 6:30 p.m. on March 19, 2019, a temporary employee was operating a stacker machine. The magnet came up and pinched the employee's right middle finger against the product. The fingertip was amputated (without bone loss).
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A temporary employee was cleaning a room and compressing the contents of a garbage bin using her right foot. As she pulled her leg out of the bin, she lost balance and fell to the ground, landing on her left hip. The employee sustained a fracture to her left hip and was hospitalized.
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