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Fractures
1 hospitalization · 2017098503 · 9/4/2017 · Caterpillar Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Fractures
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
Employer
- Name
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Location
- 27th St & E Pershing Rd, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- NAICS
- 333131
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was setting up a machine using a rubber, 10.5-pound hammer, when the hammer smashed his left thumb, lacerating and fracturing it.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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