Avulsions, enucleations

Name: Avulsions, enucleations at VT Halter Marine
Start: 1/21/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010659 · 1/21/2017 · VT Halter Marine

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations

Cause

Event: Entangled in other object or equipment
Source: Rope, twine, string
Secondary source: Rails-unattached metal

Employer

Name: VT Halter Marine
Location: 900 Bayou Cassotte, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39581
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lifting an I-beam that weighted approximately 75 pounds using a rope. The employee's thumb was caught under the rope as the beam began to drop resulting in an avulsion injury.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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