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Superior Rigging & Erecting Company Inc.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Superior Rigging & Erecting Company Inc. in FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
Employer Superior Rigging & Erecting Company Inc. Report ID 2021021091
Address 1950 Eisenhower Blvd City, State ZIP FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33316
Event Date February 6, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Overhead hoists, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238120 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 26.09000, -80.12000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to move a steel beam with a hoist. The employee's left ring and middle fingers were pinched when a hook on the hoist slipped, resulting in an amputation.

Incident Summary

On February 6, 2021, a worker at Superior Rigging & Erecting Company Inc. in FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with overhead hoists, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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