Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at DFW Movers & Erectors, Inc.
Start: 1/13/2016

1 amputation · 2016010331 · 1/13/2016 · DFW Movers & Erectors, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: DFW Movers & Erectors, Inc.
Location: 4818 West Loop 281, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75603
NAICS: 484220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unbolting screws that secured a steel flange to a collar support at the end of a hydraulic cylinder. After a coworker separated the collar from the flange using a pry bar, the 200- to 300-pound flange fell and crushed the employee's little finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown