Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Tampa Bay Fisheries, Inc.
Start: 9/1/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024098112 · 9/1/2024 · Tampa Bay Fisheries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Machine guards

Employer

Name: Tampa Bay Fisheries, Inc.
Location: 3060 N. Gallagher Rd., DOVER, FLORIDA, 33527
NAICS: 311712
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was washing plastic tubes in the tank washroom near a belt and pulley system when his hand became caught in the rotating metallic parts of the system. The employee sustained the amputation of two fingers and lacerations to two fingers. The belt and pulley system was unguarded at the time.

Source

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