Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advanced Airfoil Components LLC, 13111 BAY INDUSTRIAL DR., GIBSONTON, FLORIDA 33534
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee began moving a cart with a ceramic mold on top of it when the mold fell off the cart and smashed the employee's left hand, resulting in a broken middle finger.
An employee was cleaning a large pot used for mixing compounds for coating shell work when his left pinky finger was struck by a moving part that rotates inside the pot, resulting in a partial amputation of the pinky fingertip.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.
An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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