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COASTAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — MELBOURNE, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at COASTAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC in MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
Employer COASTAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC Report ID 2022098313
Address Melbourne Regional Airport One Air Terminal PKWY STE200 City, State ZIP MELBOURNE, FLORIDA 32901
Event Date September 20, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
Secondary Source Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 238220 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 28.07000, -80.60000

Incident Narrative

An employee was assembling a gantry crane. The employee placed his left middle finger in a hole of the steel frame of the leg base when a co-worker lifted the attached leg assembly, which caught the employee's finger and resulted in a fingertip amputation and the loss of the fingernail.

Incident Summary

On September 20, 2022, a worker at COASTAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC in MELBOURNE, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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