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Rotating Machinery Services

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Cuts, lacerations — FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Rotating Machinery Services in FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
Employer Rotating Machinery Services Report ID 2016043207
Address 4300 SW 42nd Ave. City, State ZIP FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33314
Event Date April 17, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Crowbars
Secondary Source Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 333249 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 26.06000, -80.20000

Incident Narrative

An employee was assisting workers on a machine when his thumb was caught and cut between the machine and a crowbar. The employee was hospitalized and required stitches.

Incident Summary

On April 17, 2016, a worker at Rotating Machinery Services in FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA suffered cuts, lacerations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with crowbars identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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