Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Main Steel
Start: 10/12/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017109821 · 10/12/2017 · Main Steel

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cranes, unspecified
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Main Steel
Location: 761 Bedford St NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30318
NAICS: 331221
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a coil from a turnstile using a crane. His hand was on the C-hook of the crane when the C-hook moved backwards into a rack, crushing three of his left-hand fingers between the hook and the rack.

Source

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