LAKE PANASOFFKEE, FLORIDA—
Ring Power Corporation
Ignition of clothing · Thermal burns degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ring Power Corporation, 1032 Co Rd 529, LAKE PANASOFFKEE, FLORIDA 33538 on — Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
After repairing a piece of industrial equipment, an employee had brake-cleaning liquid on his gloves. A lighter ignited the liquid, and the employee's hands were severely burned.
More severe injuries at Ring Power Corporation
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA—
Ring Power Corporation
On July 8, 2023, in the enclosure shop, an employee and two co-workers were setting a metal sheet onto the manually-operated lifting rail. As they tilted the lifting rail so that the metal sheet would move to the outside yard, the injured employee's right hand was caught between two moving parts of the lifting rail. His right middle finger was amputated at the distal joint and his right ring finger was lacerated.
SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA—
Ring Power Corporation
On June 15, 2023, an employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, installing a receptacle for a flat-screen television in an office. As he descended the ladder to retrieve a tool, he fell to the floor and sustained fractures to the right forearm/wrist.
SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA—
Ring Power Corporation
An employee was guiding material into a punch press. The employee's left hand was caught by the press and his left index finger was amputated.
SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA—
Ring Power Corporation
On January 27, 2023, an employee was taking the trash out to the dumpster located outside at the back of the building when she tripped and fell over the wheel blocks of the dumpster and onto the asphalt pavement. She sustained a left compound wrist fracture that required hospitalization.
BRADENTON, FLORIDA—
Ring Power Corporation
An employee was trying to repair a standing lift truck/material handler, supported on jack stands, by removing a sheared-off threaded rod with vise grips in his hands. The forks shifted off the jack stands and fell onto his right hand, puncturing it between the ring and little fingers. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
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