Fractures

Name: Fractures at MARIO SINACOLA & SONS EXCAVATING, INC.
Start: 8/12/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087532 · 8/12/2016 · MARIO SINACOLA & SONS EXCAVATING, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Chains, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Backhoes, trackhoes

Employer

Name: MARIO SINACOLA & SONS EXCAVATING, INC.
Location: Great South Western jobsite, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was signaling a backhoe while doing excavation. His hand was holding onto a chain that was attached to a trench box and the backhoe. He signaled the backhoe, which moved the trench box. When the weight shifted, the employee's hand was pinched by the chain, avulsing and fracturing his left ring finger.

Source

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