Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FINFROCK DESIGN-MANUFACTURE-CONSTRUCT, LLC, 2400 Apopka Blvd, APOPKA, FLORIDA 32703
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was helping prepare a concrete form bed in a manufacturing facility. The employee's right middle finger was pinched between a magnet and the metal form bed while he was cradling it to hold it in place.
An employee working as a rigger began work at approximately 7:00 AM and was assisting another worker at ground level to rig pieces of precast concrete. He began feeling ill at the start of the day and was later hospitalized with dehydration.
An employee was working with a hydraulic strand jack machine when a stream of hydraulic fluid entered their right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized with a possible infection.
An employee was setting up a precast concrete bed when his finger was crushed between the sled and end of the precast bed, resulting in a partial finger amputation.
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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