Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at COASTAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC, Melbourne Regional Airport One Air Terminal PKWY STE200, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA 32901
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was assembling a gantry crane. The employee placed his left middle finger in a hole of the steel frame of the leg base when a co-worker lifted the attached leg assembly, which caught the employee's finger and resulted in a fingertip amputation and the loss of the fingernail.
An employee was on a ladder trying to make a pipe connection involving a suspended pipe. The hanger holding the pipe failed; the pipe fell and hit the ladder, which caused the employee to fall to the floor. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.
An employee reached for a band saw hanging on the wall when the weight of the tool caused the trigger to be pressed. When it activated, it cut through his gloves to the bone.
An employee was installing shelving. As they were sliding a metal pipe into the wooden shelving unit, the employee's hand was caught between the shelf support and the end of the pipe, resulting in a right index and middle finger fracture.
An employee was picking up a piece of copper pipe when it slipped out of his hand. As he tried to grab it, his finger was pinched between the piece of copper pipe and a sharp end of a pipe connection coming out of a building. The employee suffered a torn tendon on his ring finger, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 238220)
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.
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
While working at a customer's residence, an employee was cutting tape with a box cutter to wrap insulation for a piece of pipe. The box cutter struck a hardened object within the wall causing it to bounce back and puncture the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.
An employee was trimming out sprinklers on the exterior of a building when he fell off an extension ladder. He landed on the ground and sustained fractures to his nose and arm.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
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.
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