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SGL Constructors

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — ORLANDO, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at SGL Constructors in ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Employer SGL Constructors Report ID 2016109986
Address 109 New nHampshire Street, I-4 Ultimate Project - Ivanhoe Lake City, State ZIP ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32804
Event Date October 24, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cranes, unspecified
Secondary Source Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 237310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 28.57000, -81.39000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading a truck of pipe pile when his finger was pinched causing a right thumb amputation above the first knuckle. The employee was hooking up rigging from a crane at the end of the pipe pile which was beveled and significantly sharp. His right thumb was inside the throat of the hook as the crane operator was signaled to take the slack off of the rigging. When the hook was pulled into the pile edge the employee's thumb tip was pinched.

Incident Summary

On October 24, 2016, a worker at SGL Constructors in ORLANDO, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cranes, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 4,985 severe injury reports involving "Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment injuries.

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