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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2017087656 · 8/10/2017 · Concrete Specialties Co. (Elgin)

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
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
Secondary source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
Concrete Specialties Co. (Elgin)
Location
1375 Gifford Road, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60120
NAICS
3273
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a hammer to scrape concrete off a mud belt on a moving conveyor. When the hammer contacted the conveyor belt, it struck his hand and injured his right thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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