Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc., 80 Hangar Rd, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA 34741
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Thumb(s).
Final narrative
Employees were installing an intermediate driveshaft in the driveline of a dump truck. One employee went under the truck to visually observe the yoke and their left thumb was crushed/lacerated in a pinch point between the universal joint cap and the yoke.
Hospitalized Thumb(s) Dump trucks
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