Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Walker Engineering, Inc.
Start: 3/8/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032145 · 3/8/2017 · Walker Engineering, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
Source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Employer

Name: Walker Engineering, Inc.
Location: 1130 John Freeman Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77030
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was helping the apprentice install 6 inch rigid conduit. The injured worker was installing the conduit while the apprentice held the pipe. The conduit slipped out of the apprentice's hands and struck the injured worker's left hand injuring his finger. The finger was not amputated, but required surgery to repair.

Source

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