WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA—
Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Eastern Metal Supply, Inc., 6729 Belvedere Road BLDG: 5, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33413 on — Fractures , affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cutting material using a shear machine. She went to bring down the lever of the machine when her knee contacted the machine. The employee sustained a fractured knee.
More severe injuries at Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
SARASOTA, FLORIDA—
EASTERN METAL SUPPLY, INC.
An employee and a customer were unloading two rectangular tubes. The tubes were wrapped together. The plastic wrap was cut so that one tube could be picked up. As the employee was lifting the top tube, the other tube (still connected to the top tube) came down onto his hand and broke two of his fingers. He was hospitalized.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA—
Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
An employee was removing the tarp from their flatbed trailer when a forklift went to retrieve a bundle and the forks caught another bundle. The bundle fell toward the employee and he jumped from the trailer to the ground, landing on his left side and fracturing his hip.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA—
Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
The injured employee was holding a pallet rack upright while another employee disassembled the pallet rack. The opposite upright fell toward the injured employee, breaking four ribs and puncturing a lung.
GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA—
Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
An employee was on a trailer, unstrapping a load of metal sheets for roofing. The employee fell from the trailer to the ground and broke a rib.
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA—
Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
An employee was operating a punch machine when the die amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger.
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