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Custom Window Systems

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Custom Window Systems in OCALA, FLORIDA
Employer Custom Window Systems Report ID 2018032279
Address 1900 SW 44th Ave City, State ZIP OCALA, FLORIDA 34474
Event Date March 7, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary Source Structural elements, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 238990 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.16000, -82.19000

Incident Narrative

An employee was pulling a cart of glass windows to be loaded onto a truck when he backed up to a pillar and his left hand was caught and lacerated between the cart's handle and a fire extinguisher. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On March 7, 2018, a worker at Custom Window Systems in OCALA, FLORIDA suffered cuts, lacerations to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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