Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Flight Safety International
Start: 9/9/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016098547 · 9/9/2016 · Flight Safety International

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: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Machine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Flight Safety International
Location: 4660 Diplomacy Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76155
NAICS: 611512
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An installation team unpacked a crate of actuator arms and placed them on blocks. One of the blocks shifted, causing an actuator to fall. When an employee attempted to catch the actuator, it crushed three fingers on his left hand.

Source

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