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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2016043577 · 4/22/2016 · JLE Industries LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
Secondary source
Beams-unattached metal

Employer

Name
JLE Industries LLC
Location
748 McMechen Street, BENWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26031
NAICS
213112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On April 22, 2016, at approximately 7:05am, an employee was hospitalized after being injured while moving a plastic water line on I-beams. The employee and a coworker were rolling a 14 inch diameter PVC pipe weighing approximately 300 lbs. and 15 feet in length across I-beam stands. During the roll, the pipe slipped off the I-beam and the employee's thumb was pinched between the I-beam and the pipe resulting in cuts and crushing injuries to the left thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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