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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2015063560 · 6/10/2015 · Heavy Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Crushing injuries

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Jacks

Employer

Name
Heavy Company
Location
205 Northwest 27th Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68528
NAICS
238290
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was contracted to perform work at another facility to relocate a molding machine. Normal procedure is to bring the machine within about one inch of the leveling pad so that a bolt can be hand placed to align with the hole on the machine that is being bolted down (to conclude the relocation of the machine). While using a hydraulic jack to perform this task, the hydraulic jack "failed" as the machine came down on the employee's left hand crushing it in 3-4 separate places.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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