Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jon M. Hall Company, LLC, Laceleaf Blvd, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34240
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Employees were dry-fitting drainage grates and frames to verify measurements were accurate. A piece of lumber under the edge of one of the grate frames was interfering with measurements. Two employees lifted the frame so another employee could remove the lumber. The frame then dropped on the third employee's right hand, breaking and lacerating the ring finger. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was standing in a 47-inch-deep ditch when dirt fell, pinning the employee's lower leg against a pipe. The employee's lower left leg was broken.
The injured employee was standing at the base of a ladder assisting another employee install a TV on a wall. The TV was dropped, striking the employee. They sustained a head injury.
An employee and a colleague were moving two pieces of rebar when a tie was cut. The employee holding the rebar dropped it while it was above the injured employee's hands, resulting in partial amputation to their left middle finger.
An employee was bracing an extension ladder while his coworker installed a 10-foot, 40-45-pound pipe. The pipe fell onto the injured employee's head and he sustained a hematoma, C3 and C4 vertebral fractures and a forehead laceration.
An employee was helping to lift a press roll in to fix an issue that was occurring. A co-worker lost their grip and the press roll fell onto the injured employee's left index finger, resulting in a crush injury and amputation.
Three employees were removing equipment from an old fermentation room at a bakery. They were using two bakery dollies to remove metal plates from the floor of the room. One of them was holding one of the metal dollies with his right hand on the side of the dolly, as a plate was being centered on the two dollies. The plate slipped and struck his right thumb, which was amputated near the last joint.
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