Stepped or knelt on object · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Invited Clubs USA, Inc, 5811 Tampa Palms Blvd., TAMPA, FLORIDA 33647
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was kneeling on the ground while painting in a hotel area. He felt a prick, then overnight had a lot of pain, irritation, and some swelling. The employee was hospitalized with an infection in his knee.
An employee was working with a golf ball washer machine. He was cleaning a belt on the side of the machine using a sponge. The sponge got caught by the rotating belt and was pulled in. The employee's right hand was pulled in as well and he sustained an amputation to a finger below the nail.
An employee was inspecting a coolant reservoir of a chip conveyor for a leak. The reservoir cover cracked while his left knee was on it, and his left leg went through the opening. The employee sustained a fractured fibula and lacerations. He was hospitalized.
An employee was walking underneath poultry houses and stepped on a discarded piece of chicken wire that went through their shoe. The employee s right leg was painful and swelled up due to infection. The next day, they went to the hospital. Their foot was amputated the day after that.
An employee was installing HVAC equipment in a customer's attic when he knelt down on a support beam that had a screw sticking up out of it. The employee sustained a puncture to the knee that began swelling and he was hospitalized.
An employee was walking across a site to get rebar when he stepped on a wooden stake. The stake broke, causing the employee to sustain fractures to his left ankle/leg and lacerations.
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