BRADENTON, FLORIDA—
Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Exposure to harmful substance multiple routes of exposure · Burns and toxic effects (including smoke inhalation)
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc., 1001 13TH AVENUE EAST, BRADENTON, FLORIDA 34208 on — Burns and toxic effects (including smoke inhalation), affecting the Body systems and other part(s) of body.
Final narrative
An employee was changing out a hose on a chemical tote. The fitting for the tote disengaged and the employee was exposed to peracetic acid that caused chemical burns and respiratory distress.
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An employee was troubleshooting to determine why a pallet was not traveling along a continuous vertical conveyor. The conveyor's rollers caused a crushing/laceration injury to the employee's right hand that required surgery.
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The injured employee entered the first level of gravity-feed racking in a cold room to free a stuck pallet of product. A forklift operator used another pallet to free the stuck pallet from the feed side of the lane. All the other pallets in the lane then moved forward, pinching the injured employee's ankle.
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An employee was driving a golf cart when its left leaf spring cracked, causing the cart to abruptly turn left into a nearby ditch. The employee suffered three fractures in his right leg below the knee, as well as severe lacerations on his head and forehead.
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An employee was working on a valve when the valve closed on and amputated one of the employee's right fingertips.
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