Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at 48Forty Solutions, LLC, 1555 Melbourne Ave, HAINES CITY, FLORIDA 33844
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee and a co-worker were repairing a pallet, with the co-worker holding the repair parts and the employee using a pneumatic nail gun to nail the parts together. The co-worker lost control of the repair parts and they struck the employee, causing the employee's left middle finger to become nailed to a board.
An employee was fixing a stuck dock plate on a loading dock when a trailer backed up into the employee, pinning them between the trailer and the dock bumper. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was adjusting the "dog ears" on the chain of a track saw when his left hand slipped from the chain and contacted the moving saw blade. All of the fingers on his left hand were amputated.
On June 21, 2023, an employee was working on an automated stacker machine when the stacker began to rise. The chain caught the employee's left hand, resulting in the amputation to the index, middle, and ring fingers.
An employee was dumping trash into a raised-top trailer using a forklift. The forklift's mast got stuck in the air. The employee tried to free it. When the mast came loose, the mast chain in the lift pulled the employee's right hand into a chain and sprocket. Three of the employee's fingers were amputated.
An employee was installing wood trim surrounding a skylight inside a home. While holding a piece of trim in it's desired location, his pneumatic nail gun discharged, sending a 3/4-inch pin nail into his left forearm.
An employee removed a safety valve on a trailer that unknowingly contained nitrogen gas. The gas released from the trailer and pushed the employee backward off a scaffold approximately 10 feet before they struck a garage door, resulting in a pelvic injury.
An employee was sitting at her workstation when a nail gun malfunctioned and shot a nail into her left leg. She suffered a puncture and blood vessel injury and was hospitalized.
On November 25, 2023, an employee was using a high-pressured water hose to perform sewer line cleaning operations. The employee's right little finger and palm were lacerated by pressurized water from the hose.
An employee was cutting wood with a miter saw when their clothing was pulled into the blade, resulting in a bicep laceration. The employee was hospitalized. The blade cover was not in place at the time of the incident.
Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.
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An employee was operating a pallet dismantling saw. A board became stuck, and the employee tried to pull the pallet. When the board broke, the employee's right hand made contact with the blade, resulting in the amputation of the right middle finger above the second knuckle.
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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.