Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DPR Construction, Inc., 6718 Lake Nona Boulevard, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32827
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was placing rigging hooks on a rebar mat to be lifted by a forklift. The rebar mat became stuck and when the employee went to free the mat, it suddenly came loose and pinched his left middle finger between two rebar mats, resulting in a crush injury and a laceration that required hospitalization.
On May 23, 2025, at approximately 10:50 a.m. the injured employee was assisting the operator of a mini excavator to ensure the grade/depth of an excavation. He crossed a trench that is 14" wide with a grade stick (2" x 2") in his hand and ended up on the ground behind the mini excavator. Simultaneously, the mini excavator moved backward and the base of the grading stick was caught by the tracks of the excavator, causing the employee to fall to the ground and become pinned underneath the excavator track. The employee sustained fractures to his right and left femurs, his pelvis, and his right ankle.
An employee was using a jointer machine to straighten a piece of wood. While trying to push the wood down, his hand slipped and contacted the rotating blade. The employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was helping guide a pallet jack being moved by a crane. The pallet jack was lowered onto the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation (all of the fingernail and bone at the fingertip).
An employee was standing next to scaffolding, waiting for a concrete pour. A wheelbarrow, being used to move bricks from one side of the scaffolds to the next, became unbalanced. It leaned sideways and the top layer of brick fell out of the wheelbarrow and off the scaffold, striking the employee about 45 feet below. The employee suffered a broken left humerus.
An employee was doing formwork when he moved and struck a horizontal rebar near his right eye. He suffered a laceration to his right eye that caused significant swelling, 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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An employee was moving a ramming machine to a staging area. While using the controls on the side of the machine, there was a sudden heavy rainfall causing the equipment to slide. The ramming machine tipped over and caught the employee against the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to the right side of their pelvis and was hospitalized.
The injured employee was training a new employee on a dough machine. She went to show where the batter comes from and her right index fingertip was cut. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a roller machine on a dirt slope when the machine hit a bump and fell onto it's side. While trying to get free of the falling machine, the employee's legs were pinned by the top bar of the cage. The employee was hospitalized and his left leg was amputated. He also sustained fractures to a hand and finger.
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