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Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

1 hospitalization · 20171111274 · 11/27/2017 · Boutwell,Owens and Company Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Pallet jack-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Boutwell,Owens and Company Inc.
Location
251 Authority Drive, FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS, 01420
NAICS
322219
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a hydraulic pallet jack to move product in the warehouse when his right hand was caught between the handle and frame of the pallet jack, fracturing bones and tearing tendons in his ring and pinky fingers. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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