Amputations

Name: Amputations at Universal Forming, Inc.
Start: 12/29/2022

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20221211257 · 12/29/2022 · Universal Forming, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
Source: Construction debris
Secondary source: Scaffolds-staging supported by structure or other means

Employer

Name: Universal Forming, Inc.
Location: 2100 NW 35th Ave Road, OCALA, FLORIDA, 34470
NAICS: 238110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a shoring scaffold with another employee to strip plywood from cement. The employees threw a 4x4 piece of forming down and it got stuck on the beam of the scaffold. The injured employee went to grab the forming when their left ring fingertip was pinched between it and the beam, resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown