Industrial Container Services - FL, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Amputations — ZELLWOOD, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Industrial Container Services - FL, LLC in ZELLWOOD, FLORIDA
Employer Industrial Container Services - FL, LLC Report ID 2016043387
Address 6191 Jones Ave. City, State ZIP ZELLWOOD, FLORIDA 32798
Event Date April 22, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 332439 Inspection # 1143667
GPS Coordinates 28.72000, -81.58000

Incident Narrative

While an employee was unloading drums onto the cut porch, he bumped a drum behind him, which had his cell phone on top of it, causing the cell phone to fall into the cutter. When he attempted to retrieve the cell phone from the cutter area, his right thumb and index finger were amputated right before the knuckle at palm level.

Incident Summary

On April 22, 2016, a worker at Industrial Container Services - FL, LLC in ZELLWOOD, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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