Salem Fabrication Technologies Group, Inc.

Struck by other falling object n.e.c. — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — ORLANDO, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Salem Fabrication Technologies Group, Inc. in ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Employer Salem Fabrication Technologies Group, Inc. Report ID 2024054031
Address 3320 Maggie Boulevard City, State ZIP ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32811
Event Date May 8, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source of Injury Fan and turbine parts
Secondary Source Jacks
Industry (NAICS) 327211 Inspection # 1755024
GPS Coordinates 28.50000, -81.44000

Incident Narrative

An employee was installing a blower part to a flat glass machine. There was a jack under the blower and a 2 x 6 was under the jack. The employee was holding the 2 x 6 and operating the jack when the top of the jack caught on a flange and the blower slipped off the top of the jack. The tip of the employee's left thumb was crushed between the blower and the wood and it was amputated.

Incident Summary

On May 8, 2024, a worker at Salem Fabrication Technologies Group, Inc. in ORLANDO, FLORIDA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by other falling object n.e.c., with fan and turbine parts identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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