Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Overland Contracting Inc., 17199 NW Melvin Newgrad Rd, ALTHA, FLORIDA 32421
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was spotting a pile driver as it was moved from one place to another on a solar farm. The employee's right hand was on a steel beam that had already been installed. The pile driver pinched the employee's right little finger against the beam, breaking it.
An employee had been working in a fabrication area conducting preassembly of solar modules. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness, rhabdomyolysis, and renal failure.
Two employees were traveling in an all-terrain vehicle with coworkers when it flipped over. The first employee fractured the right ankle, requiring surgery. The second employee suffered head and facial lacerations.
An employee was installing solar panels from a ladder. When he stepped down from the ladder, he was hit by a trailer that was passing by, breaking his right leg.
An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.
An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.
An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.
An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.
An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
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