Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Amerit Fleet Solutions Inc., 135 Coleman Blvd, POOLER, GEORGIA 31322
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was performing a repair and using a radial arm saw when they lacerated their index finger. The employee was hospitalized with an infection.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Stationary saws arm
More severe injuries at Amerit Fleet Solutions Inc.
An employee was walking inside a tractor trailer and fell from the rear of the trailer onto the landing below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right arm.
An employee was lowering a folding trailer tongue with a coworker when they lost control of the towing arm. The arm caught the employee's hand, severing the right thumb and partially severing the right pinky finger.
Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.
An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 811198)
An employee was helping unload steel slit coils on a slitting line, using an overhead crane with a C-hook. The coil did not fit properly onto a turnstile. Another operator went to remove the coil from the C-hook using a forklift while the employee held the C-hook steady. The forklift contacted the coil, causing it to fall from the hook. It landed on the employee s foot, breaking four bones. The incident took place during a training activity.
An employee was trying to open the stuck tailgate of a truck. When he pulled on it, it gave way, causing him to fall back and hit his head on the pavement. He suffered a head laceration/contusion.
The injured employee was securing a dolly to the back of a shop switcher (vehicle). The employee was closing the pintle hook on the dolly when the vehicle began driving. The injured employee was caught in the pintle, resulting in an amputation to their thumb without bone loss.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.