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Alvarez Convenient Services, LLC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Alvarez Convenient Services, LLC. in FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
Employer Alvarez Convenient Services, LLC. Report ID 2020065927
Address 444 NE 7th St. City, State ZIP FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33304
Event Date June 25, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Hand(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 236220 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 26.13000, -80.13000

Incident Narrative

An employee was being tied to a buck hoist. While the elevator was descending, the counterweight amputated his left hand.

Incident Summary

On June 25, 2020, a worker at Alvarez Convenient Services, LLC. in FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the hand(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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