Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Denison Landscaping
Start: 10/23/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171010154 · 10/23/2017 · Denison Landscaping

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Trailers
Secondary source: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Denison Landscaping
Location: Hastings Drive and Roth Drive, LEWES, DELAWARE, 19958
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was securing a trailer to a truck with a hitch when another employee bumped the trailer with a piece of equipment, pushing the trailer forward. The first employee's left thumb was caught and crushed between the trailer and the truck.

Source

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