Fractures

Name: Fractures at Hussmann Services Corporation
Start: 8/13/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087576 · 8/13/2016 · Hussmann Services Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Hussmann Services Corporation
Location: HEB, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77706
NAICS: 811310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowering a 300-pound refrigeration compressor from the tailgate of a pickup truck to a steel dolly with a helper when the employee's finger was caught between the compressor and the dolly. The employee suffered a bone fracture of the right pinky finger and an open wound on the top and bottom of the pinky.

Source

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