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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024054204 · 5/13/2024 · WHARTON-SMITH, INC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source
Pipes, ducts, tubing unspecified
Secondary source
Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name
WHARTON-SMITH, INC
Location
27405 US HWY 27, LEESBURG, FLORIDA, 34748
NAICS
236220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were cutting two feet off the bottom of an 8-inch vertical pipe inside a wet well when the block on top of the pipe shifted and the pipe fell. The injured employee's left wrist was crushed between the existing flange and the bottom of the pipe. The employee sustained three fractures.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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