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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2016021293 · 2/11/2016 · Oak Steel Supply Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Secondary source
Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name
Oak Steel Supply Company
Location
6601 W. 99th Place, CHICAGO RIDGE, ILLINOIS, 60415
NAICS
493190
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unloading coils from a truck using an overhead crane and was injured when his finger was crushed between the rigging coil tongs and the coils that were being picked up by the rigging.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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