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Tampa Bay Steel Corporation

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Tampa Bay Steel Corporation in TAMPA, FLORIDA
Employer Tampa Bay Steel Corporation Report ID 2019065936
Address 6901 E. 6th Ave. City, State ZIP TAMPA, FLORIDA 33619
Event Date June 12, 2019 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 Bundles, bales
Secondary Source Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Industry (NAICS) 331111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 27.95000, -82.37000

Incident Narrative

An employee was banding a bundle of cut flat steel bars with an overhead crane when the bundle slipped out of the hoist chains and fell onto the employee's right middle finger, crushing and breaking it.

Incident Summary

On June 12, 2019, a worker at Tampa Bay Steel Corporation in TAMPA, 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 bundles, bales identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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