TAMPA, FLORIDA—
Phoenix Labor Group, LLC
Fall on water vehicle · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Phoenix Labor Group, LLC, 1130 McClosky Road, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33605 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
An temporary employee was pressure-washing the deck of a vessel. As he walked, his foot slipped into an opening in the grating on the scaffold. He fell into the opening and his lower right arm passed through the 40,000 psi water stream, which cut it and an artery.
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