Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY, 5402 West Sligh Avenue, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33634
on , Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was assisting in the movement of a reel of steel wire onto a truck using a forklift and a sling. The load became stuck on a stanchion and the employee pulled up on the load, causing the employee's hand to become caught/crushed between the reel and the boom of the forklift. The employee sustained two hand fractures.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered