Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ogden Brothers Construction, Inc, 11291 Tamiami Trail N, NAPLES, FLORIDA 34110
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting a lintel with a chop saw. The saw kicked back and cut him.
An employee was dismantling a scaffold when he slipped and fell 7 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a laceration to the head and a fractured leg.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee was sitting on the tailgate of a moving pickup truck while holding the handles of a wheelbarrow. The employee fell off the tailgate and struck his head on the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a brain bleed.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.