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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2021076081 · 7/23/2021 · Coastal Waste & Recycling, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Concrete blocks, cinder blocks
Secondary source
Buckets, baskets, pails

Employer

Name
Coastal Waste & Recycling, Inc.
Location
1840 NE 33rd Street, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33064
NAICS
562998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving a concrete block off a sorting line and into a bunker. The concrete block was positioned on top of a 5-gallon bucket. While moving the block, it dropped 6 inches off the bucket and onto the tips of his right middle and ring fingers. The employee suffered a laceration to his right middle finger and a fracture to his right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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