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Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

1 hospitalization · 2025077151 · 7/22/2025 · Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
Nature of injury
Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source
Rollers, cylinders

Employer

Name
Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Location
1001 13TH AVENUE EAST, BRADENTON, FLORIDA, 34208
NAICS
311411
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting to determine why a pallet was not traveling along a continuous vertical conveyor. The conveyor's rollers caused a crushing/laceration injury to the employee's right hand that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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