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TAYLOR INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. — Amputations — LIVE OAK, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at TAYLOR INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, INC. in LIVE OAK, FLORIDA
Employer TAYLOR INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, INC. Report ID 2015063528
Address 10344 90th Trail City, State ZIP LIVE OAK, FLORIDA 32060
Event Date June 9, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. Source of Injury Beams-unattached metal
Secondary Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 236210 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.25000, -82.94000

Incident Narrative

An employee was making sure that no one was in the way of the forklift as the forklift driver was lowering a 20 ft long metal beam onto the ground. The employee then pulled the hand grinder's electrical cord that was on the ground so that it wouldn't get crushed by the metal beam, but instead his right index finger was crushed by the beam resulting in the amputation of his right index finger from the second knuckle.

Incident Summary

On June 9, 2015, a worker at TAYLOR INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, INC. in LIVE OAK, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c., with beams-unattached metal identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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