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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016087577 · 8/13/2016 · Pratt Industries

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
Metal pipes, tubing
Secondary source
Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Pratt Industries
Location
3300 High River Rd, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76155
NAICS
322211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working at the baler/hogger shredding up corrugated boxes when a jam occurred. The employee used a metal pipe to try and clear/unjam the hogger when his right hand was pinned between the pipe and hogger's door frame, fracturing his third, fourth, and fifth fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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