Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Stewart Welding & Machine, Inc.
Start: 12/20/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171212096 · 12/20/2017 · Stewart Welding & Machine, Inc.

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: Metal pipes, tubing
Secondary source: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

Employer

Name: Stewart Welding & Machine, Inc.
Location: Ajax Field, RANKIN, TEXAS, 79778
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowering a standpipe in an articulating lift when four of the employee's left-hand fingers were crushed between the rail of the lift and the pipe, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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