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Fractures and soft tissue injuries

1 hospitalization · 2024098600 · 9/16/2024 · Ferrellgas

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Stacking machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Ferrellgas
Location
300 County Road 448, TAVARES, FLORIDA, 32778
NAICS
221210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was monitoring a palletizer machine that stacks propane tanks when their shirt blew into the grippers on the palletizer. The employee used his right hand to brace himself and his hand was caught between the gripper and a propane tank resulting in a fracture, laceration and tendon injury to the right hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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