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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015021139 · 2/4/2015 · Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Beams-unattached metal

Employer

Name
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
Location
ExxonMobil Chemical, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70805
NAICS
237990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employee was offloading a structural beam in a laydown yard. When the beam was lowered, it rotated, and the employee's hand was caught between the cribbing and bracing. As a result, the employee broke his third, fourth, and fifth fingers (metacarpals). The employee was hospitalized later that day.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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