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Pre-Cast Specialties, LLC

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Fractures — FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Pre-Cast Specialties, LLC in FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
Employer Pre-Cast Specialties, LLC Report ID 2018077530
Address 3898 Selvitz Road City, State ZIP FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA 34981
Event Date July 25, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 327390 Inspection # 1334916
GPS Coordinates 27.39000, -80.36000

Incident Narrative

A forklift operator picked up a hollow core so an employee could put dunnage underneath it. The hollow core was rigged with hooks when it broke and fell on the employee's thumbs, breaking and spraining both of them.

Incident Summary

On July 25, 2018, a worker at Pre-Cast Specialties, LLC in FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA suffered fractures to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with parts and materials, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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