Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at COASTAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC, 601 East Roland Street, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32803
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was picking up a piece of copper pipe when it slipped out of his hand. As he tried to grab it, his finger was pinched between the piece of copper pipe and a sharp end of a pipe connection coming out of a building. The employee suffered a torn tendon on his ring finger, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was on a ladder trying to make a pipe connection involving a suspended pipe. The hanger holding the pipe failed; the pipe fell and hit the ladder, which caused the employee to fall to the floor. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.
An employee reached for a band saw hanging on the wall when the weight of the tool caused the trigger to be pressed. When it activated, it cut through his gloves to the bone.
An employee was installing shelving. As they were sliding a metal pipe into the wooden shelving unit, the employee's hand was caught between the shelf support and the end of the pipe, resulting in a right index and middle finger fracture.
An employee was assembling a gantry crane. The employee placed his left middle finger in a hole of the steel frame of the leg base when a co-worker lifted the attached leg assembly, which caught the employee's finger and resulted in a fingertip amputation and the loss of the fingernail.
An employee was offloading containers from his truck using a deck that goes up and down. When the deck was up, he took a step and his foot went between the truck and the deck, resulting in a foot/ankle fracture.
An employee was using a hoist to lift large containers (420 pounds) of steel parts to be dipped into tanks. The employee set a container down on a support and his finger was caught between the container and the support, resulting in amputation just behind the first knuckle.
An employee was operating a riding mower. The employee's left hand became stuck between the mower's front left support bar and its reel. The employee suffered tendon damage to the middle three fingers.
An employee was guiding a motor into a container while a forklift was lowering it. The employee made contact with the motor, which amputated the top of his left thumb.
An employee was moving 4-inch square tubing from a pallet to a four-post rack when his right ring finger was caught between the end of a tube and the rack. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238220)
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.
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
While working at a customer's residence, an employee was cutting tape with a box cutter to wrap insulation for a piece of pipe. The box cutter struck a hardened object within the wall causing it to bounce back and puncture the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.
An employee was trimming out sprinklers on the exterior of a building when he fell off an extension ladder. He landed on the ground and sustained fractures to his nose and arm.
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.
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