Struck by suspended or swinging objects unspecified · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rope Tech LLC, 477 SW 1st Avenue, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33301
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Part of body unspecified.
Final narrative
Two employees were holding the wire of the swing to adjust its position while the swing was also being used by employees of another company. That resulted in sudden pressure on the wire, which pulled the clamp down, pinning one employee's right hand and another employee's lower left side under the clamp. One employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Part of body unspecified Clamps, couplings
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