Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-13 | Astatula | Fl | Mack Concrete Industries | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On 1/13/2021 at 7:20 a.m., an employee was using a crane to set a concrete structure down onto lumber. As the employee reached underneath the concrete structure to adjust the lumber, a button on the crane was pressed, causing the concrete structure to come down and crush the employee's right hand. | |||||
2020-01-20 | Astatula | Florida | Mack Concrete Industries Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's fingers were in the eye of a hook being connected to a bucket. When the bucket was lifted, the employee suffered lacerations and ligament damage to the fingers. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-02-22 | Astatula | Florida | County Materials Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a moving table top (carrousel) on a concrete pipe manufacturing machine during set-up. As the employee went to clean the table skirt, his rag and a finger were pulled into the wheel. His right middle finger was crushed and the fingertip, up to the first knuckle, was surgically amputated. | |||||
2018-08-06 | Astatula | Florida | MACK CONCRETE INDUSTRIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee placed his left little finger on the expandable cable of a concrete mold. When he turned the airline connection on, the cord partially pinched his finger. When he attempted to remove his finger, it was amputated and degloved to the base of his nail. | |||||
2015-03-03 | Astatula | Florida | MACK CONCRETE INDUSTRIES, INC. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was shocked when he pushed the start button on a vibrator to shake material out of a bin. He fell back onto a 32-inch highway concrete barrier and hit his right shoulder and left cheek. |