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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017087308 · 8/1/2017 · Quality Labor Management

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
Source
Switchboards, switches, fuses

Employer

Name
Quality Labor Management
Location
AMD Hospital, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70605
NAICS
236210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was holding the end of a measuring tape near the base of an 800-pound switch gear that was on uneven ground. He was helping to measure the switch gear to relocate it when it teetered on the uneven ground and struck one of his left-hand fingers, fracturing it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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