Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at Williams Brother Construction Company, Inc.
Start: 8/11/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017087697 · 8/11/2017 · Williams Brother Construction Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Metal plates, metal panels
Secondary source: Bridges, dams, locks

Employer

Name: Williams Brother Construction Company, Inc.
Location: 2019 Vrinker Ct., ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76011
NAICS: 236115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing two splice plates for connection to a beam when the bottom splice plate fell open and onto a J-hook. His left-hand fingertips were pinched and fractured between the edge of the J-hook and the concrete bridge deck, and his left thumb was dislocated.

Source

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