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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018010924 · 1/29/2018 · Willow Creek Co., LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s) and finger(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Willow Creek Co., LLC
Location
419 South Oak St., PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
NAICS
237120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was securing a bell hook by wrapping a strap around the A-frame of a side boom when the operator moved the winch, causing the strap to fasten around the A-frame and the winch mounting bracket. The employee's left hand was then caught between mounting bracket and A-frame. The employee suffered a broken left hand, a ring finger compound exposure, and broken middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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