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Contech Engineered Solutions LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Contech Engineered Solutions LLC in PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA
Employer Contech Engineered Solutions LLC Report ID 2020098622
Address 8250 62nd Street N City, State ZIP PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA 33781
Event Date September 10, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Building materials, unspecified
Secondary Source Benches, workbenches, saw horses
Industry (NAICS) 327332 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 27.84000, -82.72000

Incident Narrative

An employee was painting an 18-inch detention system manifold supported on a metal sawhorse. When the employee rolled the part from vertical to horizontal, the pipe side of the manifold slipped off his hand. His left ring finger was pinched between the pipe and the sawhorse and the fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On September 10, 2020, a worker at Contech Engineered Solutions LLC in PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with building materials, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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