Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.
Start: 8/29/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088283 · 8/29/2017 · BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name: BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.
Location: 1500 SW 67 Ave., MARGATE, FLORIDA, 33063
NAICS: 517911
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were placing cable while working from a line truck with an attached reel carrier. The injured employee was observing the reel as it was taking in pulling tape when the reel bar came around and smashed his left hand between the lifter and the bar. His thumb was injured and required surgery.

Source

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